as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
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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Recent Examples of rampage
Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Yet the murderous rampage has the strange consequence of leaving him with a mysterious gift, as Ramón’s body develops magnetic powers.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Tubi Presents Breaking Bear Breaking Bear is a fur-flying, law-breaking, forest-saving rampage following a dysfunctional family of bears who go full criminal to stop frackers, mobsters, and a psychotic wolf pack from destroying their home.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Wyze has been on quite the rampage lately, with a bunch of new devices and features going live.
—Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
One of the shooters in the 1999 Columbine School shooting posted the band’s lyrics on his website prior to the rampage.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Yet the murderous rampage has the strange consequence of leaving him with a mysterious gift, as Ramón’s body develops magnetic powers.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Tubi Presents Breaking Bear Breaking Bear is a fur-flying, law-breaking, forest-saving rampage following a dysfunctional family of bears who go full criminal to stop frackers, mobsters, and a psychotic wolf pack from destroying their home.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Wyze has been on quite the rampage lately, with a bunch of new devices and features going live.
—Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampage
Noun
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Marvel fans went into a frenzy.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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An extension of the Black Hole, Raider Nation gathers at this spot and turns it into a football frenzy on Sundays, or whenever the Raiders suit up.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That may get them guest slots to rant on MSNBC, but that won’t help Chicago neighborhoods that are being held hostage by homegrown criminals who are shooting, carjacking and robbing them of their security and vitality.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For me, this film was more about the duel between the stillness in the in the internal rage and that wanting to percolate outwards.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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This is quite the rarity, and will delight executives at the streamer at a time when subscriber retention is all-encompassing and co-viewing is all the rage.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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National outlets raved about his production and fans implored the Royals to bring him up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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Shorter shoppers rave about them, too.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many patients often hear multiple voices carrying on a conversation about them.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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That said, the Browns are now heading into the 2025 NFL season with Ford set to take the load of the carries on the ground.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Indiana Fever will take on the Phoenix Mercury in this WNBA matchup on Tuesday night at PHX Arena.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Cincinnati Bearcats take on the Bowling Green Falcons this weekend.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His observant approach to capturing the sights and sounds of New York’s Chinatown and Lower East Side — the streets packed with extras, the kitchens where Aishe works steaming and bustling — displays what can only be a documentarian’s attention to local detail and color.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Basically, the creator, who shares content on the platform using the handle @mothercould, takes a cup filled with hot water and a paper towel, and places her child's ear over the opening of the cup, steaming the ear.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Rampage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampage. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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