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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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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

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

From Slate Mar. 4, 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

Bayern continued the rampage early in the second half, with Olise scoring and forcing Wolfsburg's Moritz Jenz into conceding another own goal inside the space of three minutes.

From Barron's Jan. 11, 2026

I look around, but if the caramel leather box was here, Dad would have found it during his wild rampage.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

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

Asked if Netanyahu agreed with the security chiefs' designation of the rampages as "terrorism", his office referred Reuters to that statement and declined further comment.

From Reuters Jun. 25, 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

Supt Ben Martin tells us that the coursers had rampaged through the county deliberately, to distract police and send them to the wrong places.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

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

In 1929, it rampaged through Florida’s ag business like Visigoths sacking Rome.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 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

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

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

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

From Barron's Jun. 5, 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

We sat there in silence until Maddie burst into our moment like a rampaging elephant.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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