sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour:she hit him in panic [in singular]:he ran to the library in a blind panic
[count noun] a state of widespread financial alarm provoking hasty action:he caused an economic panic by his sudden resignation [as modifier]:panic selling
[count noun] informal a frenzied hurry to do something:a workload of constant panics and rush jobs
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feel or cause to feel panic: [no object]:the crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit [with object]:talk of love panicked her
[with object] (panic someone into) drive someone through panic into (hasty action):we are not going to be panicked into a decision
panic stations
British informal a state of alarm or emergency:many people were at panic stations because of popular unrest
