rampage
rampage
Definition
ram·page (ram′pāj′; 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
ram·pa′·geous adjective
ram·pa′·geously adverb
ram·pa′·geous·ness noun
ram′·pag′er noun
rampage
Synonyms
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.
