noun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Synonyms
noun
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
Synonyms
Examples
- panic in the stock market
- a war scare
- a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
verb
be overcome by a sudden fear
Examples
- The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away
verb
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
Examples
- The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners