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

Example Sentences

On the economic front, Europe’s political class is trapped in a permanent panic attack.

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"If I go to the bathroom and close the door, she will have a panic attack and say 'Mum, I couldn't find you,'" Pilinguaq says.

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Ms Cox said she had not been sleeping, her hair was falling out and she was having panic attacks.

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Others report panic attacks or trouble sleeping after seeing him in the news.

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Those emotions led to panic attacks as Earps says she "felt really misunderstood".

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