idiom · to be frightened stiff, terror-stricken, or spooked out of one's mind

突如其来的地震让屋里的人们都吓得魂飞魄散。

the literal flying away and scattering of the soul, describing death or the total destruction of one's spirit

那妖孽被法师的一道金光击中，立刻魂飞魄散，消失在空气中。