panic
/pˈænɪk/
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Noun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Noun
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"
Verb
be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
Verb
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"