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“ACCIPE HOC!” replied the panicstruck creature, unconscious, perhaps, that he repeated the same words as before.
The Talisman 2008
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This _soi-disant_ hero could only be an incumbrance during the conflict, if his courage could have been screwed up to remain at Napoleon's side, as he pretended he had done, and that when he became panicstruck on the approach of the Prussians, he was rewarded for his services with a twenty-franc coin.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 385, August 15, 1829 Various
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In another minute the frightened pickets came tumbling back, and right behind them came the long files of charging, yelling Confederates; With one fierce rush Jackson's men swept over the Union lines, and at a blow the Eleventh Corps became a horde of panicstruck fugitives.
Hero Tales from American History Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Large numbers of men panicstruck, others worn out by hard fighting, with the average percentage of skulkers, had straggled towards the river and could not be rallied.
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American public opinion is at a loss to know what is the immediate cause of this panicstruck epistle.
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The people of that city were flying panicstruck into the interior.
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"But, panicstruck and disorganized, the French resistance was short and feeble.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 Various
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