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panic
noun
verb
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
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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”
verb
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
“The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners”
verb
be overcome by a sudden fear
“The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away”
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panic in the stock market
a war scare
a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners
The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away
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