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panic
What does panic mean?
panic (noun): overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce panic?
/ˈpænɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to panic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “panic” mean?
descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage
Not quite: that's what lineage means.
overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; an instance of this; a fright, a scare
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a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition
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a person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
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