panic
/P AE1 N IH0 K/noun
- 1
Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
- 2
Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
- 3
A kernel panic or system crash.
verb
- 1
To feel overwhelming fear.
- 2
To cause somebody to panic.
- 3
(by extension) To crash.
- 4
(by extension) To cause the system to crash.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the god Pan.
- 2
Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
noun
- 1
A plant of the genus Panicum.
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