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rampage

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


VERB
go crazy; storm
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be calm


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The rampage stunned Germany and provoked a heated nationwide debate about security around Christmas markets, a beloved seasonal German tradition.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

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

From Slate Mar. 4, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

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 Feb. 11, 2026

Bunny, who had been relatively calm, was now on a rampage because Henry refused to drive him down to Washington, D.C., to see an exhibit of World War I biplanes at the Smithsonian.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Fight sequences are fewer this time around, which makes the narrative progression feel sluggish at times, compared to previous rampages.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2024

Yet the theme persists, from the singular destructiveness of the kaiju to the way that people onscreen watch their rampages through televisions and the Internet, observers of the existential changes upending the world.

From Scientific American Nov. 3, 2023

Even his gleaning rampages were not forbidden by anything but custom and tradition.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

Murley lost his bearings under a high ball and Bundee Aki rampaged over from the resulting pressure to level things.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2025

They’ve pillaged and rampaged their way there, destroying everyone in their path while scoring 15 times in three playoff wins in which they’ve never trailed.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2024

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

The Arkansas National Guard remained at Central High, and hooligans rampaged through the streets.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Gibson-Park darted through the gold shirts to score after Keenan produced a superb try-saving tackle to deny the rampaging Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii a certain try.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Along with such franchise tropes as face-huggers and rampaging xenomorphs, ship design was the key area where homage overtook the series’ emphasis on new locations, lifeforms and themes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

“Viewed positively, what the American revolution did was to give the common man a voice, a veto, elbow room and a refuge from the rampaging presumptions of his ‘betters.’

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

The animals were seen entering homes, roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets and hot spring resorts almost on a daily basis.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

She pointed at the elaborate illustration of a man holding a golden harp, facing down a rampaging giant.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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