rampant
3
6.4
- adjective
- /ˈræmpənt/
:
descontrolado
- All of these factors have led to a registry system rampant with irregularities.
- rampant growth
- rampant vine
- rampant weed
Examples
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The data examined in this study indicate the rampant growth of AP, but provide no indication of the mechanisms underpinning this growth.
Academic text (2015) -
The country was run by a military government, with corruption and disease running rampant.
Blog text (26) -
Absenteeism and shirking among school teachers are rampant.
Academic text (1998) -
Over time, we hope that the Patent Stack Exchange will mitigate the problems caused by rampant patent trolling.
Blog text (26) -
In places where the Latino community has had time to establish itself, Gomez says, discrimination is often less rampant.
Academic text (2002) -
What stops us is the pure perfume of honeysuckle, rampant along the barbed-wire fence.
Academic text (1991) -
Sean had softened his garden with hollyhocks, blackcurrants, and rampant fuchsia hedging against the fields where sand grew.
Fiction book (1997) -
The antagonist in my story is Aegopodium podograria, a pernicious sod-forming herbaceous groundcover that has run rampant over half of the garden beds.
Academic text (1998) -
The garden was overwhelmed by rampant weeds that made it hard to see the flowers.
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This variety of rose is known for its rampant growth, quickly covering the trellis.
Synonyms
7
6.0
Producing many young animals, fruit, or flowers
3
5.8
Plants that grow thick and healthy with many leaves and flowers
1
7.5
Plant growth that is very full and wild
Becomes larger very quickly, often about plants or tumors
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Compounds
How Vigorous
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Etymology
Rampant comes from an old French verb ramper meaning 'to crawl' or 'to climb', which makes a clear image of plants running over walls and paths. So a rampant plant grows fast and is hard to control.