rampaged; rampaging
: to rush wildly about
: a course of violent, riotous, or reckless action or behavior
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Examples of rampage in a Sentence
Verb
Rioters rampaged through the streets of the city.
Noun
some crazy guy went on a rampage in the public library and started grabbing books off the shelves and tossing them around
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Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2025
Steve Spagnuolo, the Chiefs defensive coordinator charged with slowing the running back who rushed for 2,005 yards in the regular season and is rampaging through the playoffs, understands the challenge.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
There has also been a rise in attacks on Palestinians by Jewish extremists — including a rampage in two Palestinian villages overnight Monday — and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
—Melanie Lidman and Aref Tufaha, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Verb
As Elon Musk’s DOGE team continues to rampage through United States federal agencies, Trump administration efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seem to be furthest along.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2025
Steve Spagnuolo, the Chiefs defensive coordinator charged with slowing the running back who rushed for 2,005 yards in the regular season and is rampaging through the playoffs, understands the challenge.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
More than 140 officers were injured in the rampage.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
There has also been a rise in attacks on Palestinians by Jewish extremists — including a rampage in two Palestinian villages overnight Monday — and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
—Melanie Lidman and Aref Tufaha, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Rampage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rampage. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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rampage
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ram·page
ˈram-ˌpāj 
: a course of violent or reckless action or behavior
rampageously
adverb
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