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quail

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quail
verb
his supporters quailed at the size of the army ranged against them:
cower, cringe, waver, falter, get cold feet;
flinch, shrink, recoil, start, shy (away), pull back, back away, draw back;
shudder, shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench, blanch.
quail (2) Oxford Dictionary of English