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rampage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rampage has 1 sense
- rampage(n = noun.act) violent disorder - violently angry and destructive behavior; Array is a kind of disturbance
has particulars: wilding
Derived forms verb ramp1, verb rampage1, adjective rampageous1
Verb rampage has 1 sense
- rampage(v = verb.social) Array - act violently, recklessly, or destructively; Array is one way to act, move
Derived form noun rampage1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
rampage, v. i.
To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rampage, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by about) rush wildly or violently about.
2 rage, storm.
--n. often wild or violent behaviour.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by about) rush wildly or violently about.
2 rage, storm.
--n. often wild or violent behaviour.
Idiom
on the rampage rampaging.
Derivative
rampageous adj. rampager n.
Etymology
18th c., perh. f. RAMP(1)
THESAURUS
rampage
ado, agitation, amok, assault, attack, barbarize, batter, berserk, binge, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brutalize, burn, butcher, carry on, commotion, crazy, destroy, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, dustup, embroilment, excitement, fling, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fury, fuss, go berserk, go on, hammer, hassle, helter-skelter, hubbub, lay waste, loot, mad, maul, melee, mug, orgy, out of control, pell-mell, pillage, pother, racket, rage, ramp, rant, rape, rave, recklessness, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, ruin, rumpus, run amok, sack, savage, scramble, shindy, slaughter, sow chaos, splurge, stir, storm, tear, tear around, terrorize, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uproar, vandalize, violate, wild, wreckROGET THESAURUS
rampage
Violence
VB be violent, run high, ferment, effervesce, romp, rampage, go on a rampage, run wild, run amuck, run riot, break the peace, rush, tear, rush headlong, rush foremost, raise a storm, make a riot, rough house, riot, storm, wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod, spread like wildfire (person), explode, make a row, kick up a row, boil, boil over, fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, fly into a rage (anger), break out, fly out, burst out, bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst, shock, strain, break open, force open, prize open, render violent, sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on, irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment, accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino, explode, let fly, fly off, discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.
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