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Meaning of panic attack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Examples

“There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.”
“I think I had a panic attack last night, a sense of rising panic and impending doom – chest tight, short of breath, shaking.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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