[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"panic"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/terror"]terror[/URL]] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/scare"]scare[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" [*]cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" [also: [URL="http://www.word.sc/panicking"]panicking[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/panicked"]panicked[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/panic"]http://www.word.sc/panic[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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