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   panic

   /ˈpanɪk/

   noun

   • 1. sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour: "she hit him in panic"
   • ▪ a state of widespread financial alarm provoking hasty action: "he caused an economic panic by his sudden resignation"
   • ▪ a frenzied hurry to do something: "a workload of constant panics and rush jobs"

   verb

   • 1. feel or cause to feel panic: "the crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit" Similar be alarmedbe scaredbe nervousbe afraidoverreactbecome panic-strickentake frightbe filled with fearbe terrifiedbe agitatedbe hystericallose one's nervebe perturbedget overwroughtget worked upgo/fall to pieceslose controlfall apartinformal:flapget in a flaplose one's coolget the jittersget into a tizzy/tizzrun around like a headless chickenfreakfreak outget in a stewget the williesget the (screaming) heebie-jeebiesget the wind upgo into a (flat) spinhave kittenslose one's bottlethrow a wobblyhave an attack of the wobbliesfrightenalarmscareunnervefill with panicagitatehorrifyterrifyinformal:throw into a tizzy/tizzfreakfreak outspookput the wind upOpposite relax
   • ▪ drive someone through panic into (hasty action): "we are not going to be panicked into a decision"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French panique, from modern Latin panicus, from Greek panikos, from the name of the god Pan, noted for causing terror, to whom woodland noises were attributed.

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