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English noun: panic | |||
| 1. | panic (feeling) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | ||
| Synonyms | affright, terror | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fear, fearfulness, fright | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | swivet | ||
| 2. | panic (state) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | ||
| Samples | Panic in the stock market. A war scare. A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building. | ||
| Synonyms | scare | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anxiety, anxiousness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | red scare | ||
English verb: panic | |||
| 1. | panic (emotion) be overcome by a sudden fear | ||
| Samples | The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue panic | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dread, fear | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | freak, freak out, gross out | ||
| 2. | panic (emotion) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic | ||
| Samples | The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will panic him | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | terrify, terrorise, terrorize | ||
| Cause | panic | ||
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