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rampage

[ noun ram-peyj; verb ram-peyj, ram-peyj ]

noun

  1. violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
  2. 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)

rampaged, rampaging.
  1. to rush, move, or act furiously or violently:

    a bull elephant rampaging through the jungle.

    Synonyms: , ,

rampage

verb

  1. intr to rush about in an angry, violent, or agitated fashion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. angry or destructive behaviour
  2. on the rampage
    behaving violently or destructively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ貹, noun
  • ˈ貹dzܲ, adjective
  • ˈ貹dzܲly, adverb
  • ˈ貹dzܲness, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·貹İ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rampage1

First recorded in 1705–15; ramp 1 + -age
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rampage1

C18: from Scottish, of uncertain origin; perhaps based on ramp
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Idioms and Phrases

see on a rampage .
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Example Sentences

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Released today, it's a free-associating rampage through a messy night out, that ends with epiphany in a drug dealer's apartment.

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As Bird was beginning his rampage, Cumbria Police were discussing budget cuts.

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Man who mowed down students with his car, killing teen outside Westlake High, pleads guilty to murder rampage.

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It leads to his deadly rampage against the Fireflies, the militia group in charge of the facility where the procedure was to take place.

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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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