Panic - Definition

n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic,
terror, affright]
2: 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" [syn: panic, scare]
v 1: be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when
told that final exams were less than a week away"
2: cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere
thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"