rampage

¹ram·page

intransitive verb \ˈram-ˌpāj, (ˌ)ram-ˈ\

ram·pagedram·pag·ing

Definition of RAMPAGE

: to rush wildly about

Examples of RAMPAGE

1. Rioters rampaged through the streets of the city.

Origin of RAMPAGE

Scots

First Known Use: 1808

Rhymes with RAMPAGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, coon's age, dark age, downstage, encage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, onstage, outrage, presage, rib cage, road rage, roll cage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, uncage, upstage

²ram·page

noun \ˈram-ˌpāj\

Definition of RAMPAGE

: a course of violent, riotous, or reckless action or behavior

— ram·pa·geous \ram-ˈpā-jəs\ adjective

— ram·pa·geous·ly adverb

— ram·pa·geous·ness noun

Examples of RAMPAGE

1. <some crazy guy went on a rampage in the public library and started grabbing books off the shelves and tossing them around>

First Known Use of RAMPAGE

1861

Related to RAMPAGE

Synonyms

agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, fever, feverishness, flap, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, rage, frenzy, uproar

Related Words

chaos, confusion, disorder, havoc, pandemonium, turmoil; bedlam, bother, brouhaha, bustle, clamor, clatter, commotion, disturbance, fuss, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tempest, tumult

Near Antonyms

calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness