RAMPAGING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

rampaging

verb

present participle of rampage

as in raving

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Our young programming team was raving about Rhys Marc Jones’s ‘Black Church Bay,’ a thriller starring Joe Locke, who is also one of our guests.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Recommended by both taste-maker Sasha Mei and our own Leonard, these Techno Taffeta Barrel Pants are what all the fashion insiders are raving about.

— Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of raving

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Elon Musk is ranting on X in response to the upcoming documentary, Musk.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
Videos of Cubans exploding in anger and ranting against the government have become frequent despite the severe penalties Cuban law imposes to those who criticize the authorities.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranting

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Juxtaposed to Colman Domingo’s blustering portrayal of Joe Jackson and Jaafar Jackson’s uncanny performance as his late uncle Michael, Long has found a way to make silence load-bearing.

— Zeba Blay, SELF, 21 Apr. 2026
Eddie, a blustering man who’s often the loudest to laugh at the fat jokes hurled his way, is on the cusp of landing a new contract for his own variety show at CBS, a much larger network than his and Maggie’s current employer.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

Definition of blustering

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In the tangled greenery of a Ugandan national park, mountain gorillas sit among the leaves, calmly carrying on as tourists trek into their forest home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
The acquisition also puts Lewis in the somewhat unusual position of carrying on the businesses of two veteran New York printmakers who helped shape his career.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of carrying on

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By March 1944, the Second World War had been raging for four and a half years, killing tens of millions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
The department identified the deceased as a resident of Lancaster County, which is the epicenter of a raging outbreak that began in late April.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of raging

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Pugh also serves as an executive producer on East of Eden, taking on a central role in the creation of the series since she was brought on in 2020.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Her whole mission in taking on that case was to do it differently than the other case.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

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