This instantly activated my fight-or-flight instinct.
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Fight-or-flight
Synonyms for "fight-or-flight"
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Translations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اَلْكَرّ أَوْ اَلْفَرّ noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Finnish
2 entries- pakene tai taistele -reaktio noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
- taistele tai pakene -reaktio noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
German
1 entries- Kampf oder Flucht noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Hungarian
4 entries- alarmreakció noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
- vészreakció noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
- „harcolj vagy menekülj” reakció noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
- „küzdj vagy fuss” reakció noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Icelandic
1 entries- berjast-eða-bregðast noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Persian
2 entries- جنگ و گریز noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
- ستیز و گریز noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Portuguese
1 entries- lutar ou fugir noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Russian
1 entries- бей или беги noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Spanish
1 entries- luchar o huir noun (physiological response to stress or emergency situations)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Ziri's fight-or-flight kicked in immediately.
Source: tatoeba (11233767)
Lukas's body entered the fight-or-flight mode.
Source: tatoeba (11649024)
Tobias's fight-or-flight response kicked in.
Source: tatoeba (11667401)
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