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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

Even as the child cries “Mommy,” Paul continues on her rampage.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2026

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

From Slate Mar. 4, 2026

She is insufferable, attaches herself to the couple, and clearly isn’t aware of what CW did to her ilk in Thailand, during the rampage of the first movie.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

But then I'd apparently broken out of the hospital in a rabid rampage, and every student with a cough or runny nose was now a suspected plague carrier and being rushed to the doctor.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

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

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

For 40 minutes, he rampaged in a manner that would have been signed off by great Welsh number eights such as Mervyn Davies, Scott Quinnell and Taulupe Faletau.

From BBC Feb. 4, 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

He rampaged up and down the dock, shaking his finger at the boys as they sat in their shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Their colloquy is interrupted when a rampaging animal is heard.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Herds of rampaging wildebeest have looked less awe-inspiring as these fans have for weeks.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

It was one of several fires rampaging through Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 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

A deafening horn blew, and the entire crowd of people who’d so far done a remarkable imitation of completely normal humans morphed into these rampaging beasts looking for free carnival rides.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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