Panic
/ˈpænɪk/
noun
Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
A kernel panic or system crash.
verb
To feel overwhelming fear.
To cause somebody to panic.
(by extension) To crash.
adjective
Pertaining to the god Pan.
Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).