rampaging

verb

present participle of rampage
as in raving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampaging
  1. raving
  2. ranting
  3. blustering
  4. carrying on
  5. steaming
  6. raging
  7. taking on
  8. foaming
Verb
  • Parents, wedding photographers, pet owners, and more can’t stop raving about it.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After that, the NFL put out another video that showed Chiefs rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane raving about Kelce.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of raving
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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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  • Leo, who took his name from the 19th-century pope whose encyclical on labor laid the foundation of Catholic social teaching, has made the poor and vulnerable a focus of his papacy, carrying on the legacy of his Argentine predecessor, Pope Francis.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The craft is another important cultural component of his Haida-Tsimshian heritage, and his creations are an act of resistance and cultural preservation—carrying on the work of his grandfather, Jones Yeltatzie.
    — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of carrying on
Verb
  • Channel 4’s website doesn’t currently offer any episodes for steaming on demand.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Kitchens with Vietnamese roots began dishing up teriyaki alongside steaming bowlfuls of pho.
    — Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of steaming
Verb
  • There’s just enough teasing to allow the Elriel and the Gwynriel wars to keep raging for a few months.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The battle to convert data center networking to photonics has been raging since the ChatGPT moment kicked off the AI race.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of raging
Verb
  • The booster also supported six Starlink flights before taking on USSF-432.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of taking on
Verb
  • When the user presses their finger on the part of the patch that contains the wet fabric, the pressure squeezes the water out of the material, down one of the microfluidic channels, and into the foaming agent chamber.
    — Ben Coxworth October 23, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of foaming
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