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to rampage

to rampage

17 6.6
To move through a place violently and cause damage
  • verb
  • /ˈræmpeɪdʒ/
  • NSFW
translation icon : arrasar
  • It was hundreds of kids rampaging to the halls for nearly two hours.

Obviously we're disappointed that COVID continues to rampage through the world and we are seeing daily case rates continue to show record highs.

Examples

  • Now consider the people who went rampaging through the streets this summer in London.

    Academic text (2011)

  • 200 Zulus rampaged through Boipatong, cutting down anyone they saw.

    Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

  • I'll tell you what: a rampaging mob and no one will be safe.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Across the land, the army rampaged until they came to the largest city Miranda had yet seen.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Arab mobs armed with clubs rampaged through one Jewish quarter after another.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • To make matters worse, word has now reached him that the Edui were rampaging through the Belovagi lands.

  • On a separate occasion, drunken officers from the PNG Defence Force rampaged through the facility.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Zealots rampaged, murdering thousands more who attempted to bring order back to a maddened city.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Blackbeard rampaged through the West Indies, capturing and burning ships as well as the French colony of Guadalupe.

  • The crowd began to rampage through the streets, breaking windows and igniting fires.

Synonyms

to storm
vsto rampage
102 5.7

To attack and take a place suddenly with force

involves moving violently through a place but without sudden military assault focus
to rage
vsto rampage
82 5.0

To continue with great force like a storm or fire

is specifically about moving through a place violently and causing damage
to riot
vsto rampage
26 4.9

To join a violent crowd and damage property or fight police

describes moving destructively through a place rather than group protest
to thrash
vsto rampage
24 5.8

Move or swing violently without control

implies moving through a place with destruction rather than local thrashing
to run amok
vsto rampage
20 7.5

To act wildly and cause chaos

is about moving through places violently rather than general frenzy
to roar
vsto rampage
14 2.7

To move or act in a noisy wild way that causes trouble

stresses violent movement through places rather than noisy disorder alone
to run riot
vsto rampage
2 5.8

Behave in a wild way without control

is focused on moving through a place in a violent way
to go on the rampage
vsto rampage
  • NSFW
1 7.5

To act violently and destroy things without control

is the single word form with the same violent moving meaning

Phrasal Verbs

to go on the rampage
  • NSFW
1 7.5

To act violently and destroy things without control

How Violent

to rampage
  • NSFW
17 6.6

Surface Forms

rampage infinitive
rampaged past
rampaged past participle
rampaging present participle
rampages third person singular

Etymology

Rampage as a verb is easy to remember the same way: think ramp + rage, a 'rage' that runs wild through a place. So to rampage is to move through somewhere in a violent, destructive way.