rampage
verb/ræmˈpeɪdʒ/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒ/
/ræmˈpeɪdʒ/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rampage | /ræmˈpeɪdʒ/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒ/ /ræmˈpeɪdʒ/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it rampages | /ræmˈpeɪdʒɪz/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒɪz/ /ræmˈpeɪdʒɪz/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple rampaged | /ræmˈpeɪdʒd/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒd/ /ræmˈpeɪdʒd/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒd/ |
| past participle rampaged | /ræmˈpeɪdʒd/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒd/ /ræmˈpeɪdʒd/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form rampaging | /ræmˈpeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒɪŋ/ /ræmˈpeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ˈræmpeɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. (of people or animals) to move through a place in a group, usually breaking things and causing damage synonym run amok
- Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the centre of the city.
- a herd of rampaging elephants
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps based on the verb ramp and the noun rage.Want to learn more?
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