Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
panic . - adjective Experiencing or in a state of
panic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whatever she saw in his expression panicked her and in less than a blink, she was average height with short red hair and dark brown eyes.
Deep Kiss Of Winter Kresley Cole 2009
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She kept seeing her mothers face looking down at her, her expression panicked.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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She kept seeing her mothers face looking down at her, her expression panicked.
The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007
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That's why Burke, while not panicked, is certainly concerned.
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But instead, we sit in panicked silence, each of us probably formulating a plan as to how we will get out of this or really, if in fact this will be the end of us.
Me Me Me 2007
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But instead, we sit in panicked silence, each of us probably formulating a plan as to how we will get out of this or really, if in fact this will be the end of us.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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We have had wardens who have "panicked" -- not necessarily "panicked" in the sense of panic, but, in the actual moment of the incident, they have rather lost their heads.
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He drove to the building after seeing plane and smoke from the crash, put his ladders up to the building -- and when he saw that the people at the window were 'panicked' -- climbed into the building, and helped get five people out.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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He drove to the building after seeing plane and smoke from the crash, put his ladders up to the building -- and when he saw that the people at the window were 'panicked' -- climbed into the building, and helped get five people out.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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He drove to the building after seeing plane and smoke from the crash, put his ladders up to the building -- and when he saw that the people at the window were 'panicked' -- climbed into the building, and helped get five people out.
Mudville Gazette Greyhawk 2010
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