rampage
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.
to rush, move, or act furiously or violently: a bull elephant rampaging through the jungle.
Origin of rampage
1Other words for rampage
Other words from rampage
- ram·pag·er, noun
Words Nearby rampage
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How to use rampage in a sentence
Earlier that day, officials say, Stone went on a bloody rampage killing six of his kin and wreaking havoc in three small towns.
Following his rampage, Courture-Rouleau was shot and killed.
ISIS had broadly advertised its acquisition of a broad range of U.S.-made weapons during its rampage across Iraq.
ISIS Video: America’s Air Dropped Weapons Now in Our Hands | Josh Rogin | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the opening rampage stretches into hours, a question arises: Where is help?
Westgate's Chilling Security Video Reveals Shopping Mall Bloodbath | Nina Strochlic | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the rampage, Demetrius Hewlin, 16, Daniel Parmertor, 16, and Russell King Jr., 17, lay dead.
These are the days when the cattle become discontented with their pasture and begin to go on a rampage.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurBuckley ought to have killed that bull long ago—that's the second time he's gone on a rampage.
The Boy Land Boomer | Ralph BonehillOne night a bear got in there and made such an awful noise that we thought the Indians were on a rampage.
Old Rail Fence Corners | VariousThe next time she starts in on any such rampage, just pick her up and carry her out, as any naughty child should be carried.
Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. JacksonOut of the sun they had come like so many crazed hornets on the rampage.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front | R. Sidney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for rampage
(intr) to rush about in an angry, violent, or agitated fashion
angry or destructive behaviour
on the rampage behaving violently or destructively
Origin of rampage
1Derived forms of rampage
- rampageous, adjective
- rampageously, adverb
- rampageousness, noun
- rampager, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with rampage
see on a rampage.
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