Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for rampage. Search instead for krampade.
Definitions

rampage

[ram-payj, ram-payj, ram-payj] / ˈræm peɪdʒ, ræmˈpeɪdʒ, ˈræm peɪdʒ /


VERB
go crazy; storm
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be calm


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Protesters in Paris have also been pictured on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph, captioned: "Rioters on the rampage across France."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Black bears are on a rampage across America, riding a population rebound driven in part by greater protection of the species.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

You would have an executive that was just on a rampage, with no one willing to stand up.

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2026

The Social Security Administration’s sudden reversal of its earlier denials about DOGE’s rampage through its most sensitive records rattled Social Security advocacy groups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

But for every minute my BlackBerry lay dormant in my lap, I felt the walls starting to breach, the doubts beginning to rampage.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Eggs: So, that whole thing about the U.S. trying to import more eggs as bird flu rampages across American livestock centers?

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025

Yamazaki refers to Toho Studios’ original method of filming Godzilla rampages in 1954.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

When the monster arrives, its rampages across Tokyo evoke the Allied fire bombings of the war, including the 1945 nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023

Responding to an opposition question in parliament, Gallant condemned the rampages as "a dangerous social phenomenon that we must fight."

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2023

These post-bath rampages lasted only about ten minutes, and the Vanderbeekers knew to steer clear until Franz exhausted himself.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Since then, Nigeria has allowed hundreds of American troops to be posted to the country to train Nigerian forces and coordinate targeting of militant groups that have rampaged through the Lake Chad Basin for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

"Uniformed, military-trained personnel, carrying semi-automatic firearms and military-grade weaponry, have rampaged for months through Chicago and the surrounding areas," the Illinois lawsuit states.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

By Sunday, Palworld was one of the most popular games on the planet as players rampaged through a cruel world of chickens and squirrels engaged in shootouts.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

By the first winter wave of the pandemic, COVID-19 rampaged through swaths of California, sending patients to the hospital in droves, overwhelming Los Angeles’ morgues with bodies and prompting officials to issue new stay-at-home orders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

Cholera rampaged through big cities and small towns.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

If he survives the rampaging zombies, there’s a major life change on the horizon: His girlfriend has recently told him she is pregnant, and he’s skeptical about the potential of fatherhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Adria Arjona stars in Adam Wingard’s flimsy action feature about a woman facing down a group of rampaging, programmable fighters that have escaped from a mad doctor’s lab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

After Wales' scrum buckled early on, an ineffective attacking play involving Thomas resulted in Springboks hooker Malcolm Marx achieving a turnover penalty with rampaging lock Cobus Wiese almost crossing the Welsh line before knocking on.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

It was one of several fires rampaging through Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

The poor guy had no way of knowing that, considering the payback I was expecting from Schultz, a rampaging grizzly couldn’t scare me.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman


Vocabulary lists containing rampage

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training