panic

nouns

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

affright, panic, terror

is derived from

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

"panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

panic, scare

be overcome by a sudden fear

"The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

panic

is a type of (narrower)

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

"I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"

cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

"The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

panic

is a type of (narrower)

fill with terror; frighten greatly

causes

be overcome by a sudden fear

"The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"