A senior military official said Israel was acting on general fears of violence, rather than any specific intelligence.

Furthermore, there is a general fear of becoming 'known' to the authorities.

As with his earlier, more general fears, he had trouble dismissing this one.

Various local factors and general fear of the future.

"There is a general fear of not knowing what's going on or what to expect," she said.

In addition, the operations were intended to strike a more general fear into Palestinian militants.

In addition to ideas associated with zymotic theory, there was also a general fear that cold or cool air spread disease.

The same general fear of people is quite common after a crime, even one like a burglary where the victim did not encounter the criminal.

Then general fear and loathing on the streets of New York.

That is a vague, general fear, in my view.