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PANIC
panic, terror, affright
(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
panic, scare
(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”
panic
(verb) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; “The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners”
panic
(verb) be overcome by a sudden fear; “The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
panic (comparative more panic, superlative most panic)
(now rare) Pertaining to the god Pan.
Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
Noun
panic (countable and uncountable, plural panics)
Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
(finance, economics) Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
(computing) A kernel panic or system crash.
Verb
panic (third-person singular simple present panics, present participle panicking, simple past and past participle panicked)
(intransitive) To feel overwhelming fear.
(transitive) To cause somebody to panic.
(by extension, computing, intransitive) To crash.
(by extension, computer, transitive) To cause the system to crash.
Etymology 2
Noun
panic
(botany) A plant of the genus Panicum.
Synonyms
• panicgrass, panic grass
Anagrams
• cap'in, incap
Etymology
Adjective
Panic (comparative more Panic, superlative most Panic)
Pandean
Anagrams
• cap'in, incap
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"ic, n. Etym: [L. panicum.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. Panic grass (Bot.), any grass of the genus Panicum.
Pan"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. panique.]
Definition: Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. "A panic fright." Dryden.
Pan"ic, n. Etym: [Gr. panigue. See Panic, a.]
1. 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.
2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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