pan·ic-strick·en

[pan-ik-strik-uhn]
adjective
overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
Also, pan·ic-struck [pan-ik-struhk] .


Origin:
1795–1805

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panic-stricken or panic-struck
 
adj
affected by panic
 
panic-struck or panic-struck
 
adj

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Panic-stricken is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
She seemed genuinely panic-stricken, her haunted aquamarine eyes spirally with
  fear.
The feeble garrison, the panic-stricken inhabitants, hailed him as a deliverer.
Several solutions were attempted by local authorities desperate to lure back
  panic-stricken holidaymakers.
There was not time to combat flames, but members of the fire department and
  others directed the panic-stricken to the exits.
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