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Meanings of panic-stricken in English

Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.

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Usage of panic-stricken in English
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The English hosts were in panic-stricken flight; Scotland at last was free.
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They scream for mercy; they throw away their guns; they are panic-stricken.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
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To the panic-stricken people the minutes that followed seemed years of terror.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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His failure left him puzzled and panic-stricken; he could not understand it.
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5
The possibility of passing in safety did not enter their panic-stricken minds.
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The whole of the Dutch fortresses surrendered, the French garrisons flying panic-stricken.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
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Several have been caught while swimming in the Hudson, bewildered and panic-stricken.
Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
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The wounded Montcalm rode alone among the mad rush of panic-stricken fugitives.
The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm
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Lennon put a comforting arm about the shoulders of the panic-stricken girl.
Bloom of Cactus
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Weapon in hand, Snap forced the panic-stricken passengers back to their rooms.
Brigands of the Moon
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Only the panic-stricken eyes seemed to flare wide and lustrous above it.
The Head of the House of Coombe
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They swear they have been tricked and are panic-stricken over the situation.
Beverly of Graustark
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She was standing by the broken window, surrounded by glass, looking panic-stricken.
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She runs out panic-stricken the instant Mrs. Eustace Macallan looks at her.
The Law and the Lady
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Two more were killed before the panic-stricken horsemen were borne beyond range.
"Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American War
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The sight that met her eyes rooted her, panic-stricken, to the spot.
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