to rage
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5.0
- verb
- /reɪdʒ/
:
arrasar
- The storm continued to rage, tearing down trees and flooding the streets.
- raging fire
- raging storm
- raging war
Every day there's a battle raging inside you.
- Every day there's a battle raging inside you.
- There were many battles raging all month long on the two Romanian fronts.
- Your room becomes messy, the fire burns out like or the forest fire rages across everything.
- They understood bio weapons cause the COVID pandemic was raging.
- It was during a time when there was a lot of turmoil the Vietnam War was raging right.
- And let's look a few dozen kilometers S from Belgium to Verdun, where the battle has raged for six bloody weeks.
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There were many battles raging all month long on the two Romanian fronts.
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Now, while the war war rages on, the West's economic war against Russia is ramping up, too.
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Let the storm rage on by wall.
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The Great War rages on.
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The war rages around me.
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Another conflict which is just not getting enough attention but continues to rage on is the conflict in Myanmar.
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As the revolt raged on, things got very ugly very quickly.
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The monsoons are still raging, and there are no signs of letting up.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many of these have been raging for decades with staggering casualties, including millions of refugees.
Academic text (2000) -
In recent years, fierce battles have raged over issues of American constitutional jurisprudence.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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4.4
To move quickly and angrily, showing anger
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7.7
To become very angry and act out of control
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7.5
To act violently and destroy things without control
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Etymology
Rage as a verb for storms and fires comes from Latin rabies 'madness', used for wild, violent action, and people used it to describe weather that behaves like an angry person. So when a storm rages it acts with great violence and intensity.