STAMPEDE Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of stampede

as in flood

a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers.

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verb

as in to dart

to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria.

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Recent Examples of stampede

Noun

The death toll rose to 67, including migrants who drowned and others killed in a stampede trying to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026 At least 72 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, Spanish authorities said Sunday. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Verb

But bonding keeps getting interrupted as big, implacable questions rear their head, like wildebeests slowly amassing and waiting to stampede. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026 His friends instantly stampeded for the exits. — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stampede

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stampede

Noun

Flood warning notices were sent to people's phones throughout Sunday morning, as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst-hit by Wednesday's catasrophic floods.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Many of the tracks featured on the project are also declining, which is common after a blockbuster album floods the rankings with new hits.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of flood

Verb

Late in the second period, freshman Emma Yokoi avoided a flag pull on a short, fourth-and-1 reception and darted 21 yards for a touchdown to push Newport Harbor’s lead to 13-0.

— Dan Albano, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
Golf carts dart around the island to drop guests at various outlets, but pathways are sandy, and there are steps to most of the restaurants, though beach rooms are all at floor level.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of dart

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The 6-foot, 220-pound North Carolina product gained 737 yards from scrimmage and had five touchdowns in 156 touches — 124 rushes and 32 receptions.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
For fans, the rush was intense after the club added Stanton to a roster that was one win away from reaching the 2017 World Series.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of rush

Verb

First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
With his team trailing in the bottom of the 10th inning, Contreras grounded out to third and was once again booed after jogging down the line.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

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Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Shortly after their border crossing Wednesday, a towering torrent of water, rock and mud tore through the same Himalayan corridor.

— Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of torrent

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Chan’s parents always treated their back pain from laborious food industry jobs with acupuncture and cupping, the practice of using cups or suction on the skin to stimulate blood flow and the flow of chi, or energy.

— Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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