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Discover LudwigThe word "panicked" is a valid word in English.
It means to feel sudden fear or anxiety. It can be used as a verb in a sentence, such as "His heart raced as he panicked when he saw the approaching tornado."
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panicked
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Past of panic
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That sparked panicked redemptions at it and other funds.The panic, in turn, crunched credit for firms that relied on short-term debt and fanned fears of a systemic meltdown.
"The board panicked when the team failed to win any of its first seven league games.
Not to mention the accidental harm that panicked people can do to each other when crammed into confined spaces.
Privately, police sources believe the perpetrator was disturbed, perhaps by a passing motorist, and panicked.
While Better Together campaigners insisted the YouGov poll was out of step with their polling, one UK minister involved in the campaign admitted: "I'm nervous rather than panicked.
She panicked when I asked for her autograph because she could only write it in Cyrillic.
It looked like a panicked decision, coming as it did after a start to the campaign which brought 10 points from a possible 12.
Just before the Scottish referendum, panicked by a YouGov poll suggesting that the yes campaign was ahead, the main UK party leaders made a "vow" via the front page of the Daily Record.
Shortly after, I received a series of panicked texts from one of our sources, who wrote that Donovan was about to publish a specific detail about her relationship with Ghomeshi – something that she had asked us never to use, and which added no substance to the story but could cause her identity to be revealed.
Clarke fought his stiff back and Cook battled a technical fault but neither panicked nor changed their method.
She'll tell me I've been rude, and I'll be mystified and panicked.
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