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• s  thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd

• When Upton Sinclair was campaigning on his EPIC program of State Socialism, panic-stricken capital started flying out of California, the motion picture industry cried .
• The market dropped 834 points about 8% as panic-stricken investors rushed to dump shares.
• The voice called again; it was no longer fierce, but high-pitched, panic-stricken.

• panicky
• panicked
• panic-struck
• terrified
• frightened

News & Articles

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• Hysterical Liberals Rush To Protect The Clintons From Minor Threat Posed By Weiner’s Misconduct
  If you needed evidence to confirm that the Democratic Party’s presidential bench is alarmingly thin, look no further than the frenetic efforts of panic-stricken liberals to prevent 2013’s Weiner-gate (distinct, though not appreciably so, from 2011’s Weiner-gate) from tarring Hillary Clinton by association. But any threat to President Barack Obama ’s heir apparent must be, and has been ...
  July 30, 2013 - Mediaite

Quotes

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• Mark Foley in USA Today
  I've talked to some of my colleagues, and they're panic-stricken,said Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., reflecting concern about the political risks of overhauling the 70-year-old retirement and social insurance program.
• Joe Torre in AtlantaBraves.com
  He's been pitching well at Columbus,Torre said. "Here, he had a start against the Dodgers, one against the Red Sox and one against the Mets. That was pretty good fire right away. Results aside, he didn't seem to be panic-stricken at any...
• Kevin Smith in Yorkshire Post
  Mr Smith said: "We were faced with a kid stuck through the ice, all you could see was his two hands. There was another young kid standing on the side panic-stricken. I started ripping branches off the trees and kept talking to the lad to reassure...