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Definition of rampage verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. + 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.
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