Sweat bullets (5)

I believe the answer is:

panic

(Other definitions for panic that I've seen before include "Horror" , "Contagious fear" , "Great consternation" , "Take fright, lose the head" , "Sudden overpowering anxiety" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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