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ram⋅page

  [n. ram-peyj; v. ram-peyj, ram-peyj] noun, verb, -paged, -pag⋅ing.
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–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)
3. to rush, move, or act furiously or violently: a bull elephant rampaging through the jungle.
Origin:
1705–15; ramp 1 + -age

Related forms:
ram⋅pag⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. storm, rage, tear.
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ram·page   (rām'pāj')   
n.  A course of violent, frenzied behavior or action.
intr.v.   also (rām-pāj') ram·paged, ram·pag·ing, ram·pag·es
To move about wildly or violently.

[Scots, possibly from ramp2.]
ram·pag'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Rampage

Ramp"age\, n. [See Ramp, v.] Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage. [Prov. or Low.] --Dickens.

Rampage

Ramp"age\, v. i. To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage. [Prov. or Low]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : rampage
Spanish: desbocarse, comportarse como un loco,
German: rasen,
Japanese: あばれる
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rampage  (v.)
1715, in Scottish, probably from M.E. verb ramp "rave, rush wildly about" (c.1300), esp. of beasts rearing on their hind legs, as if climbing, from O.Fr. ramper (see ramp, also cf. rampant). The noun is first recorded 1861, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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rampage

see on a rampage.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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