rampage

noun

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.

verb (used without object)

to rush, move, or act furiously or violently: a bull elephant rampaging through the jungle.

Origin:
1705–15; ramp¹ + -age

Related forms

ram·pag·er, noun

Synonyms
3. storm, rage, tear.

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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.