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panic

The correct spelling is panic.

How to pronounce panic

/ˈpænɪk/
noun

IPA: /ˈpænɪk/

Say it like: Pan-ic

The correct spelling is panic. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
  2. 2.Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
  3. 3.A kernel panic or system crash.
  4. 4.A plant of the genus Panicum.

verb

  1. 1.To feel overwhelming fear.
  2. 2.To cause somebody to panic.
  3. 3.(by extension) To crash.
  4. 4.(by extension) To cause the system to crash.

adjective

  1. 1.Pertaining to the god Pan.
  2. 2.Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).

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