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panic

[pan-ik] / ˈpæn ɪk /


NOUN
sudden drop in value in financial markets
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“This is what we call in sociology a moral panic,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

The smoke wasn’t strong, but it was enough to send her into a fight-or-flight panic.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the economic front, Europe’s political class is trapped in a permanent panic attack.

From The Wall Street Journal

Films are a chance to work out these nagging, existential neuroses that live in the back of the mind, the type that overwhelm to the point of panic if thought about for too long.

From Salon

"Even if she coughs just a few times, I panic."

From BBC