rampage
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ram·page
(răm′pāj′)n.
A course of violent, frenzied behavior or action.
intr.v. (also răm-pāj′) ram·paged, ram·pag·ing, ram·pag·es
To move about wildly or violently.
[Scots, possibly from ramp.]
ram·pag′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
rampage
vb
(intr) to rush about in an angry, violent, or agitated fashion
n
1. angry or destructive behaviour
2. on the rampage behaving violently or destructively
[C18: from Scottish, of uncertain origin; perhaps based on ramp]
ramˈpageous adj
ramˈpageously adv
ramˈpageousness n
ˈrampager n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ram•page
(ˈræm peɪdʒ; v. also ræmˈpeɪdʒ)n., v. -paged, -pag•ing. n.
1. an eruption of violently uncontrolled, reckless, or destructive behavior: The slightest mistake sends him on a rampage.
v.i. 2. to rush or behave furiously or violently; storm; rage.
[1705–15; orig. Scots; obscurely akin to ramp1]
ram•pag′er, n.
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rampage
Past participle: rampaged
Gerund: rampaging
| Imperative |
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| rampage |
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| Noun | 1. |  rampage - violently angry and destructive behaviordisturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion wilding - an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women |
| Verb | 1. | rampage - act violently, recklessly, or destructively act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" riot - take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" |
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rampage
verb go berserk, tear, storm, rage, run riot, run amok, run wild, go ballistic (slang), go ape (slang), go apeshit (slang, chiefly U.S.) He used a sword to defend his shop from a rampaging mob.
on the rampage berserk, wild, violent, raging, destructive, out of control, rampant, amok, riotous a bull that went on the rampage
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rampage
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Translations
يَهوج ويَموج
pobíhat zuřivě
drage hærgende
æîiskast
ārdītiestrakot
zúrivo behať
sağa sola saldırmak/koşturmak
rampage
[ræmˈpeɪdʒ]A. N to go on the rampage → desbocarse, desmandarse
B. VI → desmandarse
the crowd rampaged through the market → la multitud corrió alocada por el mercado
the crowd rampaged through the market → la multitud corrió alocada por el mercado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rampage
[ˈræmpeɪdʒ]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rampage
n to be/go on the rampage → randalieren; (= looting) → auf Raubzug sein/gehen (= be angry) → (herum)toben/einen Wutanfall bekommen;
vi (also rampage about or around) → herumwüten; (angrily) → herumtoben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rampage
[ræmˈpeɪdʒ]1. n to go on the rampage → scatenarsi
2. vi → scatenarsi
they went rampaging through the town → si sono scatenati in modo violento per la città
they went rampaging through the town → si sono scatenati in modo violento per la città
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rampage
(rӕmˈpeidʒ) verb to rush about angrily, violently or in excitement. The elephants rampaged through the jungle.
be/go on the rampage (ˈrӕmpeidʒ) to rush about angrily, violently or in excitement, often causing great destruction.
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