to stampede
10
4.4
- verb
- /stæmˈpiːd/
- People were drooling at the mouth, ready to stampede, knocking each other over to get China to open up its market.
Examples
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When the fire alarm rang, everyone in the theater started to stampede towards the exits.
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People hit the floor, knock over chairs, and stampede for the exits.
Fiction book (1992) -
Few students hear these final words as they stampede out to avoid being late for the next period.
Academic text (2010) -
More and more people stampede out.
Fiction book (1995) -
Leonard loses his balance and is pushed to the ground as kids stampede over him.
Fiction book (2000) -
The cops are unable to hold back the crowd as it stampedes to the exits.
Fiction book (1997) -
The door bursts open and twenty Babyzillas stampede into the hallway.
Fiction book (1998) -
The crowd stampedes for the exits, shrieking.
Fiction book (1993) -
With a shivering cheer, the trainees stampede ashore, grabbing blankets, trading body bumps and high-fives.
Fiction book (1997) -
The excited crowd began to stampede towards the stage as the concert was about to start.
Synonyms
637
1.0
To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
583
2.4
To run away from a place because it is dangerous
117
1.9
Enter or appear suddenly with energy
67
1.0
To move very quickly to reach a place
53
3.1
Act quickly without thinking, for example by going into a place
52
4.1
To move suddenly and strongly forward or upward, like a wave
42
3.3
To run out quickly from a hiding place to surprise someone
24
3.8
Leave suddenly because you are in a hurry
20
9.3
To run away quickly because you are afraid
15
5.8
To let animals move and feed freely in a field
7
4.9
Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared
4
2.5
Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry
2
2.7
To move quickly in one direction
2
4.3
A quick, playful run using small, hurried steps
1
6.1
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The verb stampede comes from the Spanish root estampar 'to stamp' and the English word stamp. So to 'stampede' a herd or a crowd is to make them suddenly stamp and run together in panic.