rampaged; rampaging
: to rush wildly about
: a course of violent, riotous, or reckless action or behavior
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The Israel-Hamas war, now in its seventh month, began after Hamas militants breached Israel’s border defenses on Oct. 7, 2023, rampaged through communities unchallenged for hours, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, while taking roughly 250 hostages back to Gaza.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
Health officials in the Gaza Strip say that more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war erupted Oct. 7 after Hamas burst across the border and rampaged in southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
—Mo Abbas, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Ash finds himself in the unusual position of being the cool head as a rampaging Lewis hunts the hunters.
—Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
Dusty Booze Imagine an Indiana Jones tale — if the golden idol was a bottle of post-Prohibition bourbon and the role of gigantic, skull-crushing boulder was played by rampaging hipsters on a Pappy Van Winkle hunt.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Further Reading As gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds (AP)
Who Are The G9 Family?
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While the Army stood by, hundreds of settlers rampaged through Hawara, a village south of Nablus, killing one person and injuring about a hundred, and burning some thirty homes and a hundred cars.
—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Later, West Point posthumously admitted Peter for taking heroic action by holding a classroom door open so that his classmates could escape from the rampaging gunman.
—Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the Oxford school shooter, were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison by a Michigan judge Tuesday after their convictions in separate trials on involuntary-manslaughter charges that stemmed from their son’s 2021 rampage, which killed four students.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
But Hanley said Soto was conscious throughout the entire rampage and recalled details of each attack in his interview with investigators.
—Yoori Han, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
The countries also issued a raft of criminal charges and sanctions against a separate Chinese group following a multiyear hacking rampage.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024
Already trailing 5-1 after last week’s Europa League round-of-16 first leg, Sparta found itself 9-1 down on aggregate after only 15 minutes at Anfield as Liverpool went on an early rampage with goals from Darwin Nuñez, Bobby Clark, Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Four people are dead after a man embarked on a stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois on Wednesday afternoon.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
At least four people are dead and seven others were injured, including one in critical condition, after a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday in northern Illinois, authorities said.
—Jeff Kolkey, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Thousands of innocent people are presumably killed during their rampages, but no one onscreen seems to give it a second’s thought.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
Verb
Thousands of heavily armed Hamas fighters managed to break through the Gaza Strip’s fortified border and into Israel, rampaging unimpeded for hours, destroying several villages, and committing gruesome acts of brutality before Israeli forces could regain control.
—Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The Israel-Hamas war, now in its seventh month, began after Hamas militants breached Israel’s border defenses on Oct. 7, 2023, rampaged through communities unchallenged for hours, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, while taking roughly 250 hostages back to Gaza.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
Health officials in the Gaza Strip say that more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war erupted Oct. 7 after Hamas burst across the border and rampaged in southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
—Mo Abbas, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Ash finds himself in the unusual position of being the cool head as a rampaging Lewis hunts the hunters.
—Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
Dusty Booze Imagine an Indiana Jones tale — if the golden idol was a bottle of post-Prohibition bourbon and the role of gigantic, skull-crushing boulder was played by rampaging hipsters on a Pappy Van Winkle hunt.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Further Reading As gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds (AP)
Who Are The G9 Family?
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While the Army stood by, hundreds of settlers rampaged through Hawara, a village south of Nablus, killing one person and injuring about a hundred, and burning some thirty homes and a hundred cars.
—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Later, West Point posthumously admitted Peter for taking heroic action by holding a classroom door open so that his classmates could escape from the rampaging gunman.
—Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Noun
They were all killed, aged 14 to 17, when the Crumbley son, Ethan, went on a shooting rampage at Oxford High School in Michigan on November 30th, 2021.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the Oxford school shooter, were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison by a Michigan judge Tuesday after their convictions in separate trials on involuntary-manslaughter charges that stemmed from their son’s 2021 rampage, which killed four students.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
But Hanley said Soto was conscious throughout the entire rampage and recalled details of each attack in his interview with investigators.
—Yoori Han, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
The countries also issued a raft of criminal charges and sanctions against a separate Chinese group following a multiyear hacking rampage.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024
Already trailing 5-1 after last week’s Europa League round-of-16 first leg, Sparta found itself 9-1 down on aggregate after only 15 minutes at Anfield as Liverpool went on an early rampage with goals from Darwin Nuñez, Bobby Clark, Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Four people are dead after a man embarked on a stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois on Wednesday afternoon.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
At least four people are dead and seven others were injured, including one in critical condition, after a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday in northern Illinois, authorities said.
—Jeff Kolkey, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Thousands of innocent people are presumably killed during their rampages, but no one onscreen seems to give it a second’s thought.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Rampage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rampage. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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rampage
2 of 2 noun
ram·page
ˈram-ˌpāj 
: a course of violent or reckless action or behavior
rampageously
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