panic attack

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.

panic attack

noun

1. See panic disorder
   an episode of acute and disabling anxiety associated with such physical symptoms as hyperventilation and sweating See also panic disorder

Example Sentences

“I got a panic attack in the Theory portion,” he told me recently.

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It is a tranquil moment, and my afternoon panic attack seems like ancient history.

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My tranquil training afternoon in room 107 is quickly morphing into a panic attack.

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She goes through with the wedding, but a week she later has a straight-out-of-Girls STD panic attack.

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I am a pretty nervous person, and I was fighting a panic attack as I waited for the literary icon to arrive.

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