<b><font size="4">"panic"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: <a href="../terror.html">terror</a>] </li> <li>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" [syn: <a href="../scare.html">scare</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" </li> <li>cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" [also: <a href="../panicking.html">panicking</a>, <a href="../panicked.html">panicked</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../panic.html">http://www.word.sc/panic</a>

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