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Panic   /pˈænɪk/   Listen
noun
Panic  n.  (Bot.) 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.



Panic  n.  
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.



adjective
Panic  adj.  Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. "A panic fright."






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"Panic" Quotes from Famous Books



... apprehension, affright, alarm, dismay, timidity, consternation, panic, terror, horror, misgiving, anxiety, scare, tremor, trepidation.> (With this group compare the Afraid group, above, and contrast the Courage group, ...
— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor

... the sallies of the Jews upon them were plainly insupportable, and that Titus was himself put to flight, because they took it for granted that, if he had stayed, the rest would never have fled for it. Thus were they encompassed on every side by a kind of panic fear, and some dispersed themselves one way, and some another, till certain of them saw their general in the very midst of an action, and being under great concern for him, they loudly proclaimed the danger he was in to the entire ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 • Various

... beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... found, in spite of having lost my leg, I could really walk in some mysterious way quite well without them. I would set off joyfully, and then to my horror suddenly discover my plight and fall smack. I woke to find the nerve had been at its old trick again. Sometimes I was seized with a panic that when I did get my leg I should not be able to use it, and worse still, never ride again. That ...
— Fanny Goes to War • Pat Beauchamp

... the midst of this deafening din against all banks, that, if it shall create such a panic as shall shut up the banks, it will shut up the treasury of the ...
— The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster • Daniel Webster


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