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View definitions for runaway

runaway

adjective as in out of control

noun as in person who is trying to escape

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The Union of Concerned Scientists, the National Wildlife Federation, Earth First and The Wilderness Society, among others, all published articles or ran campaigns against runaway population growth well into the late 1990s.

From Salon

But when lithium batteries are corrupted, they can experience thermal runaway – meaning a cell undergoes uncontrollable temperature rises, making a fire hard to control and extinguish.

From BBC

“A Trump agenda means more sickness and death caused by pollution and runaway climate change,” insisted Bill Macgavern, policy director of the Los Angeles nonprofit Clean Air Coalition.

But what seemed like a runaway competition between the two quarterbacks through fall camp ended up being “neck and neck” according to Riley.

He realized the impish elf had become a runaway success when “one day my parents asked me for a Labubu doll,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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