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Definition of Panic

1. Noun. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.

2. Verb. Be overcome by a sudden fear. "Sam and Sue panic"; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

3. Noun. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. "A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

4. Verb. Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. "The bad news will panic him"; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

Definition of Panic

1. n. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

2. a. Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; - - said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.

3. n. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.

Definition of Panic

1. to be overwhelmed by fear [v -ICKED, -ICKING, -ICS]

Medical Definition of Panic

1. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. Panic grass, any grass of the genus Panicum. Origin: L. Panicum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Panic

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panicked panickier panickiest panicking panicks panicky panicle panicle panicled panicled

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