rampage
Americannoun
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violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
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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)
verb
noun
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angry or destructive behaviour
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behaving violently or destructively
Other Word Forms
- rampageous adjective
- rampageously adverb
- rampageousness noun
- rampager noun
Etymology
Origin of rampage
Example Sentences
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Cholera rampaged through big cities and small towns.
From Literature
This galling notion sets her on a rampage.
From Los Angeles Times
Frankel may have been underworked in Team USA’s one-sided rampage to the gold medal game, but Thursday she was on the brink until Keller finished it off.
Just as the trial for Samuel Patrick Groft was about to kick off, the 45-year-old instead pleaded no contest Wednesday to a slew of vandalism charges stemming from the seven-day slashing rampage.
From Los Angeles Times
I look around, but if the caramel leather box was here, Dad would have found it during his wild rampage.
From Literature
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