Definitions from Wiktionary (panic)
▸ adjective: (by extension (see the etymology))
▸ adjective: Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
▸ adjective: Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
▸ noun: (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
▸ noun: (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
▸ verb: (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
▸ verb: (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
▸ verb: (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
▸ noun: (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
▸ noun: (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
▸ noun: The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
▸ adjective: (Greek mythology, archaic) Synonym of Pandean (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
▸ adjective: (Greek mythology, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”) [(Greek mythology, archaic) Synonym of Pandean (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)]
▸ noun: (countable, computing) Short for kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash. [(computing) On Unix-derived operating systems, an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error.]
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▸ adjective: (by extension (see the etymology))
▸ adjective: Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
▸ adjective: Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
▸ noun: (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
▸ noun: (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
▸ verb: (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
▸ verb: (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
▸ verb: (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
▸ noun: (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
▸ noun: (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
▸ noun: The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
▸ adjective: (Greek mythology, archaic) Synonym of Pandean (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
▸ adjective: (Greek mythology, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”) [(Greek mythology, archaic) Synonym of Pandean (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)]
▸ noun: (countable, computing) Short for kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash. [(computing) On Unix-derived operating systems, an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error.]
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moral,
financial,
political,
commercial,
sudden,
periodic,
major,
spontaneous,
previous,
severe,
economic
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