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(verb) cause panic in; fill with panic; "Th mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" |
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Related Words: terrify, terrorize |
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(verb) feel panic; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" |
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Related Words: dread, fear, freak, freak out, gross out, lose control |
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(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
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Synonyms: terror |
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Related Words: fear, fearfulness, fright |
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(noun) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare" |
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Synonyms: scare |
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Related Words: anxiety, anxiousness, red scare |
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