Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A course of violent, frenzied behavior or action.
- intransitive verb To move about wildly or violently.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leaping or jumping about, as from anger or excitement; violent or furious movement; excited action of any kind: as, to be on the rampage; to go on a rampage.
- To act or move in a ramping manner; spring or rush violently; rage or storm about.
- To run or prance about; move springily or friskily; romp; riot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. or Low Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery.
- intransitive verb Prov. or Low To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A course of
violent ,frenzied action . - verb To move about
wildly orviolently
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb act violently, recklessly, or destructively
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The social media rampage is a big boost for social networks, giving the insight of interactivity abilities within social networks.
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How nobody's gone on a murderous rampage is beyond me.
It's Tweet-tastic! zhukora1 2009
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Nidal malik Hasans deadly rampage is a wakeup call for all Americans
Is Nidal Malik Hasan a suspected criminal? Or a suspected terrorist? « Dating Jesus 2009
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How nobody's gone on a murderous rampage is beyond me.
It's Tweet-tastic! zhukora1 2009
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The story of their rampage is not really the focus of the story, though it easily could be -- and would have been it this were a made-for-TV piece of schlock.
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Im 20 years old and im about to go on a fuckin rampage here.
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Someone on a homicidal rampage is by definition outnumbered, and usually not as well trained as the police who will arrive in a few minutes.
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The story of their rampage is not really the focus of the story, though it easily could be -- and would have been it this were a made-for-TV piece of schlock.
Archive 2010-07-01 2010
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With all due respect, this loonie's rampage is only international news because it's a Jewish organization that was shot up by a deranged guy who happened to be a lousy Muslim.
Sound Politics: Jeff Jacoby In P-I On "Sudden Jihad Syndrome" In Seattle 2006
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To equate their actions with McCarthy's rampage is as wrong as painting each American progressive or Communist as a Stalinist agent.
George Orwell's List 1998
phoenixtumbleweed commented on the word rampage
I rampaged that rampage into another rampage.
October 9, 2015
rudyboy98 commented on the word rampage
I have a problem with the word "rampage" I feel that it is used and overused due to a lack of vocabulary by most people. It's usually only used to describe mass violence such as shootings. Anyone care to chime in?
January 22, 2020
ry commented on the word rampage
oh I don't know about that. If anything, its more hackneyed usage is as a colloquial hyperbolic reference to a period of expression of anger, with no real violence implied (see Twitter cites). While yes rampage is probably the frontrunner for instances of actual mass violence, nearly as often we see bloodbath, spree, massacre, slaughter, jag and others.
January 23, 2020
rudyboy98 commented on the word rampage
@ry Perhaps you're right. I don't subscribe to Twitter, otherwise I'd be able to check it out. It's kind of like "crash and burn" except that crash is the impact word and "burn" that implies no recovery> But they're hardly used independently.
January 23, 2020
bilby commented on the word rampage
Twitter citations are on the right side of this page.
January 25, 2020