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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 Word Forms
- ·貹İ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rampage1
Idioms and Phrases
see on a rampage .Example Sentences
Released today, it's a free-associating rampage through a messy night out, that ends with epiphany in a drug dealer's apartment.
As Bird was beginning his rampage, Cumbria Police were discussing budget cuts.
Man who mowed down students with his car, killing teen outside Westlake High, pleads guilty to murder rampage.
It leads to his deadly rampage against the Fireflies, the militia group in charge of the facility where the procedure was to take place.
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.
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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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