Almost all weapons creating panics (6)
I believe the answer is:
alarms
'panics' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both feelings as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'almost all weapons' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'weapons' becomes 'arms' ('arm' can be a synonym of 'weapon').
'all' with its last letter removed is 'al'.
'al'+'arms'='ALARMS'
'creating' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alarms that I've seen before include "Frightens, makes afraid" , "Scares with warning devices" , "Devices to signal danger" , "Frightens, scares" , "Fills with apprehension" .)