recoil, choke, scatter, crouch, shake, snap, twitch, freeze, falter, quiver, knock down/over, jump, scream, quaver, charge, hide, bolt, start, stampede, panic, shy away, cower, tremble, shrink, transfix, blanch, pale, weaken, drain, wobble, take cover, flee, shout, gag, teeter, barrel, stop (in one's tracks), gasp, yell (for help), cry out, run (off/away), pitch (forward from one's hips), dive (for cover), hightail it, cringe, flinch, come undone, hyperventilate, vibrate, shiver, shudder, wince, go numb, back away/off/up, turn back/away, shit one's pants, wet oneself, twinge, quake, grimace, go to pieces, shake in one's boots, break into a sweat, dry up/out
grasp, clutch, squeeze, beat, pound, worry, crouch, bother, sweat, perspire, rise, mount, hide, dart, pant, secrete, stalk, menace, threaten, watch, wait, cower, grow, darken, cast a shadow, flare, intensify, pulse, lie (low/in wait), endanger, risk, imperil, hazard, jeopardize, suspend, trouble, alarm, intimidate, burgeon, heighten, degenerate, worsen, fear, dread, alert, lay low, guard, fret, throb, aggravate, exacerbate, warn, caution, loom, haunt, portend, tick, creep, bear down on, live in fear of, watch out/for, beware
suffer, bear, bleed, swallow, submit, stumble, cower, stagger, endure, put up with, stomach, undergo, cry out, cover (one's head), curl (into a fetal position), ball up (one's fist), call for (help), shut down (one's feelings), wait (for the abuse to end), take it, fear (one's perpetrator), listen (for a chance to escape)
scoot, split, skip, bolt, skedaddle, retreat, vanish, disappear, take off, abscond, skip town, flee, dash, escape, duck out, vamoose, turn tail, run away/off, run for it, cut out, scram, break free/out, slip away, cut and run, beat it, make a getaway, take to one's heels, take flight, head for the hills, get away