PANIC

• (noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

  synonyms : affright , terror

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : scare

• (verb) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

  "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

• (verb) be overcome by a sudden fear

  "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

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