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rampage
[ noun ram-peyj; verb ram-peyj, ram-peyj ]
noun
- violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
- a state of violent anger or agitation:
The smallest mistake sends him into a rampage. The river has gone on a rampage and flooded the countryside.
verb (used without object)
- to rush, move, or act furiously or violently:
a bull elephant rampaging through the jungle.
Synonyms: , ,
rampage
verb
- intr to rush about in an angry, violent, or agitated fashion
noun
- angry or destructive behaviour
- on the rampagebehaving violently or destructively
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹, noun
- ˈ貹dzܲ, adjective
- ˈ貹dzܲly, adverb
- ˈ貹dzܲness, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·貹İ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of rampage1
Idioms and Phrases
see on a rampage .Example Sentences
Authorities arrested a man who they allege fired at and wounded multiple people while on a two-state shooting rampage that ended Tuesday morning near the California desert town of Baker.
As Robert Kuttner asks at The American Prospect, “where are the firebreaks?” that should be slowing down and stopping the Trump administration and its forces as they rampage against American democracy and society.
Former mixed martial artist Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison for carrying out a vigilante shooting rampage that wounded an unintended target and sprayed bullets near young children leaving school.
His rampage is bad for the planet, whereas a common millionaire on the verge of banishment from his community country club is primarily dangerous to those in his sight line.
The Washingtons intend to sue Arroyo for assault, battery, negligence and emotional distress, alleging that as they tried to escape his violent rampage they suffered medical injuries that required treatment, according to the complaint.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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