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rampage verb

• (especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner.
• "several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the city"
Similar: rush wildly/madly, riot, run riot, go on the rampage, run amok, go berserk, storm, charge, tear, rave, steam,

rampage noun

• a period of violent and uncontrollable behaviour by a group of people.
• "youths went on the rampage and wrecked a classroom"
Similar: berserk, out of control, wild, violent, frenzied, running amok, rioting, riotous, destructive, rampaging, postal,
Origin: late 17th century: perhaps based on the verb ramp and the noun rage.


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