| noun | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
| noun | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events “panic in the stock market” |
| verb | be overcome by a sudden fear “The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away” |
| verb | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic “The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners” |
| panicky | adjective | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation |
| panic | verb | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
| terrorist | noun | a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities |
| terrorize | verb | coerce by violence or with threats |
| terrorise | verb | coerce by violence or with threats |
| terrify | verb | fill with terror; frighten greatly |
| affright | verb | cause fear in |
| scarey | adjective | provoking fear terror |
| scare | verb | cause to lose courage |
| panic | noun | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |