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panic

noun
  1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
    terror
  2. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
    “panic in the stock market”
    scare
verb
  1. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
    “The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners”
  2. be overcome by a sudden fear
    “The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away”