panic
Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
Other meanings
Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "πανικός" (pertaining to Pan).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “panic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.