rampaged

verb

past tense of rampage
as in ranted

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  1. ranted
  2. raved
  3. carried on
  4. blustered
  5. took on
  6. fulminated
  7. raged
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  • Membership was open to the lazy, the unemployed and anyone who mostly ranted.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Rinderknecht allegedly ranted to passengers about Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, capitalism and vigilantism, The Associated Press reported.
    — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 10 June 2026
Definition of ranted
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  • Coaches and teammates have raved this month about the fact that Mahomes looks, well, like Mahomes.
    — Sam McDowell August 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Gruden remains a Bucs fan and raved Thursday about their season outlook.
    — Abby DiSalvo, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of raved
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  • That preference for continuity has carried on into this pre-season, a period when managers and head coaches often make plenty of changes.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The law requires maritime goods transported between American ports be carried on ships built and operated by Americans, and Phillips 66 has received around 20% of all exemptions granted.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried on
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  • Trump blustered and lied and displayed himself in the worst possible light, of course, but Reza Pahlavi, the Shah’s son who lives in the United States and who many Iranians had reluctantly come to regard as a possible leader, also played his hand extremely badly.
    — Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2026
  • Trump has blustered, contradicted himself publicly, ramped-up rhetorically and then backed down, mostly without receiving obvious concessions.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of blustered
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  • The Mothers of East Los Angeles — the legendary women’s group that took on Eastside politicos in the 1980s and 1990s — was born in Resurrection’s pews.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In making the deals, the Twins uncharacteristically took on payroll, paying the entirety of the roughly $5 million combined owed to Minter and Kremer.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of took on
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  • Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of fulminated
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  • But as the pandemic raged, writing was the only thing anchoring me to life.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In late-nineteenth-century New York, garbage was dumped in the streets, and cholera and yellow fever raged.
    — Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of raged
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