panic

Nouns

• (n) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety affright, terror,
• (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
  scare,

Verbs

• (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

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