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Noun panic has 2 senses

panic, terror - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
--₁ is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright

Derived forms: verb panic₂, verb panic₁
panic, scare - sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
--₂ is a kind of anxiety, anxiousness
--₂ has particulars: red scare
Derived form: verb panic₂

Verb panic has 2 senses

panic - be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
--₁ is one way to fear, dread

Derived form: noun panic₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue panic
panic - cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
--₂ is one way to terrify, terrorize, terrorise

Derived forms: noun panic₁, noun panic₂
Sample sentence:
The bad news will panic him