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
Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
An Amber Alert was launched in the immediate aftermath of the rampage.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Chicken collaborates with Roz, Hothead’s older friend, to coax her out of homicidal rampages, to give her hugs, and to tell her to go to sleep.
—Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Speck was a mass murderer who went on a rampage and killed eight nursing students in 1966.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
An Amber Alert was launched in the immediate aftermath of the rampage.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Chicken collaborates with Roz, Hothead’s older friend, to coax her out of homicidal rampages, to give her hugs, and to tell her to go to sleep.
—Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampage
Noun
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LaVine and Monk whipped the crowd into a frenzy, combining to make 17 of 32 from the field and 10 of 18 from 3-point range as the Kings bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Despite the latest meme stock frenzy, Beyond Meat has nonetheless still fallen 23% so far in 2025 after tumbling 58% in 2024.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Cheung played a tape of Nicholson ranting and raving at the Kaiser facility in Irvine.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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She is outwardly spoken against transgender rights and has ranted several times about Representative Sarah McBride, an openly transgender member of Congress, and her pronouns.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Her voice unleashes a sentimental whirlpool of longing, betrayal, and post-breakup rage without a hint of irony.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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According to Pearson, patterns like diagonal tile were once all the rage, adding flair and visual interest.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Both outfits work with sensible yet stylish chunky pumps like this Amazon pair that nearly 28,000 shoppers rave about for comfort and style.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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He’s raved about Ballard and his work ethic/overall improvement since spring ball.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The epic ends with the death of Troy’s champion, Hector, but the war carries on.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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His legacy and laughter will be carried on through his family.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sacrament takes on the next crisis to strike the inland empire, COVID-19.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Rampage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampage. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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