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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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Protesters in Paris have also been pictured on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph, captioned: "Rioters on the rampage across France."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

Frankel may have been underworked in Team USA’s one-sided rampage to the gold medal game, but Thursday she was on the brink until Keller finished it off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

But unfortunately Demi’s most unconquerable prejudice was against going to bed, and that night he decided to go on a rampage.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

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

Responding to an opposition question in parliament, Gallant condemned the rampages as "a dangerous social phenomenon that we must fight."

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 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

"Uniformed, military-trained personnel, carrying semi-automatic firearms and military-grade weaponry, have rampaged for months through Chicago and the surrounding areas," the Illinois lawsuit states.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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

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

Cholera rampaged through big cities and small towns.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Their colloquy is interrupted when a rampaging animal is heard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

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

Inkling is filling himself with cheesy goodness while Gillicut is rampaging on me!

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins


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