as in rampage
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in its frenzy to flee the danger, the crowd became uncontrollable, and a number of people were trampled to death
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as in to craze
to cause to go insane or as if insane
local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
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Recent Examples of frenzy
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
That all changed when Homam Ahmed’s cross connected with Khoukhi and sent the fans into a frenzy, a collective that was acknowledged by the team after the final whistle blew.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Then Mueller smoked a single two pitches later to score Roberts and tie the game, sending Fenway Park into a frenzy.
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Zach Powell,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
Its latest, the HM12, is a $384,000 futuristic piece that would send any Marvel fanatic into a frenzy—a watch that doubles as a robot.
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Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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Noun
The strike had the narrowest room for error, and Nakamura wrapped it around and through the pesky Dutch backline for the first Japanese goal to send their supporters’ section into a frenzy.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
That all changed when Homam Ahmed’s cross connected with Khoukhi and sent the fans into a frenzy, a collective that was acknowledged by the team after the final whistle blew.
—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Then Mueller smoked a single two pitches later to score Roberts and tie the game, sending Fenway Park into a frenzy.
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Zach Powell,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
Its latest, the HM12, is a $384,000 futuristic piece that would send any Marvel fanatic into a frenzy—a watch that doubles as a robot.
—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for frenzy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frenzy
Noun
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Three years ago, a then-21-year-old University of Pittsburgh student took Delta-8 and went on a rampage.
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In January, Ye took out an ad in the Wall Street Journal to plead for forgiveness after his antisemitic rampage in 2025.
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The point guard Jose Alvarado, shirtless and crazed by joy, zoomed by, passing 250 Broadway.
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In cities around the United States, Mexico and Canada, fan zones are popping up as a gathering place for the soccer-crazed and the soccer-curious to come and enjoy the Beautiful Game.
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But any cathartic rage is diffused by the one-dimensionality of the characters meant to express it.
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Like historically pissed off, in this customer-rage sense.
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While some of the wives wouldn’t bother coming to games every Sunday, Michel said, many of the children saw the Feeney fathers as proper heroes.
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His pace routinely bothered Sweden, including on one impressive solo run in the first half that produced a quality attacking scenario.
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The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
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Eventually, Nomkhitha’s exhaustion and fury at having her home violated overpowered her fear.
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Smart leaders audit what’s truly profitable, cut distracting growth channels and rebuild around operational clarity, not just revenue velocity.
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If a robot starts patrolling your local garage, mall, park or transit hub, do not get distracted by the cool tech factor.
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It was judged to be some sort of mass hysteria.
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The virtual hysteria over the muskrat invasion resulted in Britain’s first legislation to target a non-native invasive species.
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The golf practice center would disturb an already fragile ecosystem with a high water table, the board wrote.
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Gorsuch said the opinion was narrow and did not disturb other provisions of the law, which includes a ban on guns for drug addicts, ban on guns for people presently intoxicated and prohibition of firearms for those deemed a danger to themselves or others.
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“Frenzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenzy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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