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stampede

noun as in rush of animals

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At least 10 students were injured in a stampede as they tried to leave Dhaka University on Friday.

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Create a stampede, kick Benefo in the chest, find my sword, anything!

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If this had been an ordinary crowd, one could easily imagine the terrified stampede that might have ensued.

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The passengers stampeded out of the train like a herd of cows that were late for a very important milking appointment.

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That suggests the easy money has already been made and raises the troubling prospect that any small reversal could turn into something like a stampede—if investors all rush to exit at once.

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

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