rampage
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Synonyms: Noun
agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, fever, feverishness, flap, frenzy, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, rage, uproar
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Rioters rampaged through the streets of the city.Noun
some crazy guy went on a rampage in the public library and started grabbing books off the shelves and tossing them aroundRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
Landslides are common, and Rohingya have even been killed by rampaging elephants. — New York Times, "Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness," 22 Aug. 2019 Against a barrage of rolling, tumbling, rampaging air mattresses, a kid tries in vain to keep one down. — Alex Horton, Washington Post, "An outdoor movie night on air mattresses seemed fun. Then the wind picked up.," 20 Aug. 2019 Over the centuries, Notre Dame rose as the spiritual and civic center of Paris, then became a target of Hugenot vandals in the 16th century, rampaging revolutionaries in the 18th century, and Nazi occupiers in the 20th century. — Kristin Romey, National Geographic, "Why history says Notre Dame will rise again," 16 Apr. 2019 There's nothing like rampaging through the first half of a level, then inexplicably getting swamped by four-dozen zombies from NOWHERE who brought Hunter / Tank / Boomer backup. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Ars Technica’s favorite video games from our first 10 years, 1998-2008," 20 Aug. 2019 Hundreds of men dressed in white had rampaged through a mass transit station in Yuen Long last week, beating people at random with metal and wooden sticks and hospitalizing at least 45. — Los Angeles Times, "Hong Kong police clash with protesters in banned march against gang violence," 27 July 2019 Kony’s army was marching into villages, looting, rampaging, and forcing children to kill their parents, abducting the young people into the army. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz Africa, "What Ugandans can teach each of us about justice," 14 July 2019 The Warriors rampaged from behind on Monday thanks to 57 points from Thompson and Steph Curry, their sharpshooting guards. — Alex Johnson, NBC News, "Toronto Raptors beat Golden State Warriors for first NBA title," 14 June 2019 Fifty years ago, children with an aggressive form of leukemia went from diagnosis to death in a few months, as the disease rampaged through their lymph nodes, spleens, livers, and nervous systems. — Marie Mccullough, https://www.inquirer.com, "How conquering a rare leukemia in children revolutionized cancer care for millions," 6 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
O’Rourke was stumping in Nevada last Saturday when news alerts hit of a rampage at a Walmart Supercenter. — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, "Did Beto O'Rourke make the right call by skipping the Iowa State Fair after El Paso massacre?," 9 Aug. 2019 Portions of the rampage were caught surveillance camera, with one alarm company calling police after watching the robbery of the insurance business on a live feed. — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, "'Pure evil': Suspect in California stabbing attacks that left 4 dead was 'full of anger,' police say," 8 Aug. 2019 Of those, 10 suffered gunshot wounds and 13 were injured in the ensuing panic of the rampage. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Trump arrives in El Paso after staying largely out of public view in Dayton," 7 Aug. 2019 One of its stores was the scene of a gunman's rampage this past weekend that killed 22 people in El Paso. — Kate Gibson, CBS News, "Bullet-resistant backpacks marketed to back-to-school shoppers," 6 Aug. 2019 By the end of the rampage — which lasted roughly two hours in two waves of violence — 45 people were hospitalized, one in critical condition, according to the city’s Hospital Authority. — Laignee Barron / Hong Kong, Time, "Suspected 'Triad' Gangs Mark Dangerous New Phase in Hong Kong's Crisis," 23 July 2019 The deputy was injured during the course of a rampage at B Dependable Plumbing. — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, "Liberty County deputy honored by Congressman Brian Babin after shooting in Cleveland," 11 July 2019 Google, which owns YouTube, did not immediately answer questions about Koffi’s future with the company or any actions the company has taken or plans to take in light of the alleged drug rampage. — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, "Man shot by police in Bodega Bay amid alleged LSD rampage is YouTube engineer," 8 July 2019 There's never a dull moment in Georgia with Karin Slaughter on the literary rampage. — Richard Lipez, Dallas News, "White supremacists are the eerily relevant villains in Karin Slaughter's new novel," 20 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rampage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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