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rampage

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


VERB
go crazy; storm
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be calm


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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

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

It’s why childhood vaccine rates in some places are plummeting and measles is on the rampage across the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 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

American audiences of the ‘60s, ’70s and ‘80s were amply exposed to other Japanese entertainment, mainly giant monster rampages epitomized by the 1954 movie “Godzilla” and its resulting sequels.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024

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

One afternoon, I was on one of these getaway rampages, racing down the small side roads that spiderweb our property.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

They are in this space because of the devastating wildfires that rampaged across the Los Angeles area that caused the postponement of a Clippers’ game and forced the NBA to reschedule games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

Their second-half performance was unrecognisable from their first, although the once-great Casemiro almost aged visibly before the Old Trafford crowd's eyes as Liverpool rampaged.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 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

Elagrid was soon yelling, “Don’ panic, now, don’ panic!” while the skrewts rampaged around the pumpkin patch, now strewn with the smoldering wreckage of the boxes.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

The last time the videogame about rampaging undead was adapted, in 2021, the box office haul was paltry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Please don’t expect me to laugh at the goats from goat yoga rampaging through a hotel lobby or a high-speed golf cart chase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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

And out of the dark beneath the trees surged a deeper darkness: a huge rampaging menace in bear form.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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