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nounsudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
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nounan overwhelming feeling of fear and anxietytype of:
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verbbe overcome by a sudden fear
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verbcause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
Examples of panic
- "panic in the stock market"
- "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
- "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"