an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
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: scare ]
panic (n.)
be overcome by a sudden fear; The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away'
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners'