panic

/ˈpænɪk/ · noun

Meaning

Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
A kernel panic or system crash.
To feel overwhelming fear.
To cause somebody to panic.
(by extension) To crash.
(by extension) To cause the system to crash.
Pertaining to the god Pan.
Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
A plant of the genus Panicum.

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