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rampage Definition

ram·page (rampāj′; for v., also ram pāj)

intransitive verb -·paged′, -·pag′·ing

to rush violently or wildly about; rage

Etymology: orig. Scot & North Eng dial., prob. < ramp

noun

an outbreak of violent, raging behavior

rampage Related Forms
ram·pa·geous adjective ram·pa·geously adverb ram·pa·geous·ness noun ram·pag′er noun
rampage Synonyms

rampage

n.

rampage Usage Examples

Object

  • mob: The joy of liberation was soon followed by anarchy as mobs rampaged through the city in an orgy of looting.
  • monster: Then the remains of Dave Lister's curry is transformed into a rampaging monster.
  • run: A typical rampaging run by Beale won a corner on the left.
  • game: We all played rampaging games together, fuzzy felt, and making lots of noise with the noisy toys [ my poor ears!
  • round: A son who is at this moment rampaging round the hospital searching for his wayward father!
  • beast: When downloaded onto a PC these rampaging beasts copy files held on the hard disk and e-mail them to another address!

Converse of object

  • roar: This provokes you to go on a roaring rampage of revenge as you try and find out the who's, whys and wherefores.
  • kill: In 1975, he was asked to write the score for a New York story about a man who goes on a killing rampage.
  • run: And run rampage all over your breakfast table as he kills Tony the Tiger!

Preposition: through

  • village: Indian elephants have a tendency to raid illicit stills and go on the rampage through villages.
  • street: For the next fifty years he kept himself busy running rampage through city streets and battling a stream of over-sized mutants and aliens.
  • city: The networking option allows multiple monsters to collaboratively or competitively rampage through the same city.
  • town: In Portadown a loyalist mob went on a rampage through the town after a band parade.

Adjective modifier

  • murderous: In response, Reece goes on a murderous rampage which draws Sexton Blake into the affair.
  • destructive: However a giant monster lurks at the bottom and their experiments wake the creature, which goes on a destructive rampage.
  • violent: You have a bear of a man all disfigured on a violent rampage of revenge.

Modifying Another Word

  • forward: It was at the Auckland based club that Mark fully confirmed his reputation as a tough, rampaging forward.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • down: Robert Earnshaw missed a couple of great chances as Chris Barker rampaged down the left and put quality ball into Earnie's path.

Preposition: of

  • revenge: You have a bear of a man all disfigured on a violent rampage of revenge.
  • destruction: It goes on a wild rampage of destruction, blowing the city apart.

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