panic

  • 21panic — ▪ I. panic pan‧ic 1 [ˈpænɪk] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. a feeling of great fear and anxiety that makes you act without thinking: • The stock market crash left an air of panic from which many individual investors still haven t recovered. •… …

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  • 22panic — pan|ic1 S3 [ˈpænık] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: panique caused by panic , from Greek panikos, from Pan ancient Greek god of nature, who caused great fear] 1.) [C usually singular, U] a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness that… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23panic — I UK [ˈpænɪk] / US noun Word forms panic : singular panic plural panics ** 1) [singular/uncountable] a sudden strong feeling of fear or worry that makes you unable to think clearly or calmly sheer/blind panic: She felt a moment of sheer panic.… …

    English dictionary

  • 24Panic — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Panic, qui signifie Panique en anglais, peut désigner : Sommaire 1 Biologie 2 Cinéma …

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  • 25panic — panic1 panicky, adj. /pan ik/, n., adj., v., panicked, panicking. n. 1. a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals. 2.… …

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  • 26panic — I n. 1) to cause, create; spread panic 2) to feel panic at (they felt panic at the thought of leaving their family) 3) to avert, prevent panic 4) panic spreads; subsides 5) in a panic over II v. (D; intr.) to panic at (to panic at the outbreak of …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27panic — pan|ic1 [ pænık ] noun ** 1. ) singular or uncount a sudden strong feeling of fear or worry that makes you unable to think clearly or calmly: sheer/blind panic: She felt a moment of sheer panic. panic spreads: Panic spread quickly through the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28panic — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular, uncountable) a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unable to think clearly or behave sensibly: get into a panic/be thrown into (a) panic: She got into a real panic when she thought she …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29Panic! — Infobox VG| title = Panic! developer = Sega publisher = Data East producer = Hajima Tabe graphics = Renzo Kinoshita music = Kei Tani released = genre = Puzzle modes = Single player ratings = ESRB: Teen (T) platforms = Sega CD, PlayStation 2… …

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  • 30panic — 01. The people in the movie theater began to [panic] and run for the exits when they smelled the smoke. 02. Cam s wife can t swim, so she started to [panic] when our canoe almost tipped over. 03. The citizens of Tokyo fled in [panic] when… …

    Grammatical examples in English