panic : Idioms & Phrases


panic attack

  • noun a sudden attack of fear
    scare.
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panic button

  • noun a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency
    • the circuit is operated by a panic button
    • when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button
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panic disorder

  • noun an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief
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Panic grass

  • noun any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
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  • (Bot.), any grass of the genus Panicum.
Webster 1913

panic-stricken

  • adjective satellite thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
    panicked; panicky; terrified; frightened; panic-stricken.
    • became panicky as the snow deepened
    • felt panicked before each exam
    • trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd
    • the terrified horse bolted
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Pan"ic-strick`en, Pan"ic-struck` adjective (Also<
  • Panic-stricken
  • Panic-struck
)
Definitions
  1. Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. Burke.
Webster 1913

panic-struck

  • adjective satellite thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
    panicked; panicky; terrified; frightened; panic-stricken.
    • became panicky as the snow deepened
    • felt panicked before each exam
    • trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd
    • the terrified horse bolted
WordNet
Pan"ic-strick`en, Pan"ic-struck` adjective (Also<
  • Panic-stricken
  • Panic-struck
)
Definitions
  1. Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. Burke.
Webster 1913