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verb
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- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
adj
verb
noun
adj
adj
- filled with fear or apprehension
- having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
- feeling worry or concern or insecurity
- filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
- Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
- Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). [with for]
- Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]
adj
noun
noun
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- A sudden attack; a disturbance.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
verb
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
noun
verb
verb
- be overcome by a sudden fear
- cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
- To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
- To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
- (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
- (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
- (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
adj
noun
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
- (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
- The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
- (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
- (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
- (countable, computing) Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
- (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
- (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
verb
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To understand.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
- get the meaning of something
- take into custody
- anticipate with dread or anxiety
verb
- (intransitive) To feel fear.
- be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
- be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
- (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- (intransitive) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].
- (transitive) To regret.
- (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
- be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
- be uneasy or apprehensive about
- regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
adj
noun
- (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone in particular.
- (countable) Something one is afraid of; the object of one’s fear.
- (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- (UK, with definite article, "the fear") A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
- (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- an anxious feeling
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
noun
- the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety
- a communication that makes you afraid to try something
- a negative motivational influence
- An action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
- (specifically) Nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
- The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
- The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
- The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.
verb
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- hurl or thrust violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- destroy or break
- add an enlivening or altering element to
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
- (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
- (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
- (transitive) To throw violently.
- (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
- (transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
noun
- a quick run
- a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a footrace run at top speed
- the act of moving with great haste
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Violent strike; a whack.
- (uncountable) Ostentatious vigor.
- (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A short run, flight.
- (figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
- Ellipsis of dashboard.
- (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, countable, uncountable) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- (UK, India) A prime symbol.
- A rushing or violent onset.
- (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
- (Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.
intj
verb
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- cover with a pall
- become less interesting or attractive
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
- cause to become flat
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
- (transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
- (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
- (transitive) To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
- Alternative form of pawl.
noun
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- a sudden numbing dread
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
- (figuratively) Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion.
- (Christianity) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
- Alternative form of pawl.
- (heraldry) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.
- (Christianity) Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”).
noun
- excessive or uncontrollable fear
- neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
- state of violent mental agitation
- (informal, psychopathology) Synonym of conversion disorder.
- Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
- (medicine, nosologically dated) A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.
noun
- intense and profound fear
- intense aversion
- something that inspires horror; something horrible
- (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- (countable) An individual work in this genre.
- (in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
- (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
verb
adj
noun
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation.
- Very bad.
- Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
adv
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- (fantasy, gaming) Ferocious and of intimidating appearance, like a dire wolf.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
- (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
adj
adv
noun
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- Very bad; lousy.
- Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
- (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation.
- Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
- Formidable, powerful.
- Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
adv
noun
verb
adj
noun
- the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
- the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
- the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.
- a communication that makes you afraid to try something
- The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
noun
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- A sudden attack; a disturbance.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
verb
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
noun
verb
noun
- the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety
- a communication that makes you afraid to try something
- a negative motivational influence
- An action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
- (specifically) Nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
- The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
- The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
- The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.
noun
- excessive or uncontrollable fear
- neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
- state of violent mental agitation
- (informal, psychopathology) Synonym of conversion disorder.
- Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
- (medicine, nosologically dated) A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.
noun
- intense and profound fear
- intense aversion
- something that inspires horror; something horrible
- (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- (countable) An individual work in this genre.
- (in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
- (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
noun
verb
verb
adj
noun
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
noun
- the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
- the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
- the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.
- a communication that makes you afraid to try something
- The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
verb
noun
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
- be overcome by a sudden fear
- cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
- To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
- To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
- (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
- (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
- (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
adj
noun
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
- (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
- The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
- (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
- (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
- (countable, computing) Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
- (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
- (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
verb
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To understand.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
- get the meaning of something
- take into custody
- anticipate with dread or anxiety
verb
- (intransitive) To feel fear.
- be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
- be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
- (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- (intransitive) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].
- (transitive) To regret.
- (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
- be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
- be uneasy or apprehensive about
- regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
adj
noun
- (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone in particular.
- (countable) Something one is afraid of; the object of one’s fear.
- (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- (UK, with definite article, "the fear") A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
- (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- an anxious feeling
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
verb
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- hurl or thrust violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- destroy or break
- add an enlivening or altering element to
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
- (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
- (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
- (transitive) To throw violently.
- (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
- (transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
noun
- a quick run
- a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a footrace run at top speed
- the act of moving with great haste
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Violent strike; a whack.
- (uncountable) Ostentatious vigor.
- (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A short run, flight.
- (figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
- Ellipsis of dashboard.
- (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, countable, uncountable) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- (UK, India) A prime symbol.
- A rushing or violent onset.
- (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
- (Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.
intj
verb
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- cover with a pall
- become less interesting or attractive
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
- cause to become flat
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
- (transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
- (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
- (transitive) To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
- Alternative form of pawl.
noun
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- a sudden numbing dread
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
- (figuratively) Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion.
- (Christianity) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
- Alternative form of pawl.
- (heraldry) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.
- (Christianity) Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”).
verb
adj
noun
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
adj
noun
verb
adj
- filled with fear or apprehension
- having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
- feeling worry or concern or insecurity
- filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
- Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
- Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). [with for]
- Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]
adj
noun
verb
adj
noun
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation.
- Very bad.
- Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
adv
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- (fantasy, gaming) Ferocious and of intimidating appearance, like a dire wolf.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
- (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
adj
adv
noun
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- Very bad; lousy.
- Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
- (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation.
- Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
- Formidable, powerful.
- Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
adv
adj
verb
- be overcome by a sudden fear
- cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
- To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
- To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
- (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
- (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
- (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
adj
noun
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
- (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
- The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
- (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
- (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
- (countable, computing) Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
- (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
- (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.