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 [n. ram-peyj; v. ram-peyj, ram-peyj]   Example Sentences Origin

ram·page

   [n. ram-peyj; v. ram-peyj, ram-peyj] noun, verb, -paged, -pag·ing.
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.

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Origin:
1705–15; ramp1 + -age

Related forms
ram·pag·er, noun

Synonyms
3. storm, rage, tear.

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Example Sentences
  • He was also among the first victims of the deadliest school rampage in the nation's history.
  • After the students got their grades, the parents went on a rampage.
  • Nationwide, there is fretting about weak police tactics, which initially left looters feeling they could rampage with impunity.
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World English Dictionary
rampage
 
—vb
1.  (intr) to rush about in an angry, violent, or agitated fashion
 
—n
2.  angry or destructive behaviour
3.  on the rampage behaving violently or destructively
 
[C18: from Scottish, of uncertain origin; perhaps based on ramp]
 
ram'pageous
 
—adj
 
ram'pageously
 
—adv
 
ram'pageousness
 
—n
 
'rampager
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

rampage
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.
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Idioms & Phrases

rampage

see on a rampage.

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