Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.

    There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.

    Panikattacke, Panikanfall

    паниче́ская ата́каpaničéskaja atáka

    пані́чна ата́каpaníčna atáka

More definitions
  • a sudden attack of fear

Examples

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  1. I had a panic attack.

    У мене була панічна атака.

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  2. Tom is having a panic attack.

    ruУ Тома приступ паники.

    deTom hat gerade eine Panikattacke.

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  3. Have you been having panic attacks?

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  4. Tom was having a panic attack.

    ruУ Тома была паническая атака.

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  5. What kinds of things trigger panic attacks?

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Translations

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Українська
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sudden period of intense anxiety:
Русский
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sudden period of intense anxiety:
Deutsch
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sudden period of intense anxiety:

Forms

plural: panic attacks
Singularpanic attack
Pluralpanic attacks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sudden attack of fear:scare

Word family

1 related words

See also

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