panicking

To panic is to become very worried and excited. When you panic, your heart rate goes up, and you might start to have a heart attack.

  • She started to panic when she realized she had left her purse at the restaurant.

  • The students were panicking when they realized there was a fire in the building.

Definition of panicking

verb

To feel overwhelming fear.

verb

To cause somebody to panic.

verb

(by extension) To crash.

verb

(by extension) To cause the system to crash.

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Example Sentences for panicking

  • 1

    The animals stared to panic.

  • 2

    The chorus is reminiscent of Panic by The Smiths.

  • 3

    The discovery caused panic in the auditorium.

  • 4

    The miscreants did not scamper nor panic.

  • 5

    The panic was perpetrated by the Serbian and Yugoslav armies.

  • 6

    The source of the report is from the public panic.

  • 7

    In a panic and excruciating pain, the man ran outside.

  • 8

    It caused chaos and panic among the addressees of the message.

  • 9

    She was elated at the end of 'Full Metal Panic

  • 10

    The boy begins to panic as his claustrophobia sets in.