panic

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panic Definition

• (n) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• (n) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
• (v) be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
• (v) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

panic Synonyms

• panic
• scare
• terror