panic

/ˈpeə̯nɪk/ verb B2

To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily. (transitive)
To cause (a computer system) to crash. (transitive)
To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show). (US, colloquial, transitive)
To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head. (intransitive)
Of a computer system: to crash. (intransitive)

He/she/it panics · Past panicked · Past participle panicked · -ing form panicking

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Verb forms

Base form: panic
He/she/it: panics
Past: panicked
Past participle: panicked
-ing form: panicking

An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.

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Siobhan felt a moment of panic, but she refused to stop dancing.

Siobhan's First Competition, p. 1 · B1

Benandonner immediately turned around and ran away in complete panic.

Finn McCool and the Giant, p. 1 · B1

Please do not panic, because one bad grade is absolutely not the end of the world.

A Letter to My Younger Self, p. 1 · B2

Panic set in as the team realized they were quickly running out of time.

The Imperfect Surprise, p. 1 · B2

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