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| 1. | [ noun ] an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | |
| Synonyms: | terror | |
| Related terms: | fear terrorize terrify | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (psychology,psychiatry) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | |
| Synonyms: | scare | |
| Examples: | "panic in the stock market" "a war scare" "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" |
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| Related terms: | anxiety red_scare daunt | |
| 3. | [ verb ] be overcome by a sudden fear | |
| Examples: | "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" |
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| Related terms: | fear freak_out | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic | |
| Examples: | "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" |
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| Related terms: | terrify | |
| Similar spelling: |
panicky paunch paunchy pains paying Paiwanic panoche panocha panache panacea |
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