stampede
noun
[ stamˈpiːd ]
• a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals.
• "the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede"
stampede
verb
• (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic.
• "the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger"
Similar:
bolt,
charge,
rush,
flee,
take flight,
dash,
race,
career,
sweep,
run,
Origin:
early 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish estampida ‘crash, uproar’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stamp.
