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The correct spelling is panic.
How to pronounce panic
/ˈpænɪk/
nounIPA: /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.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.
- 4.A plant of the genus Panicum.
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).
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