Meaning

2 senses
  1. A course of violent, frenzied action.

    Randale, Wutanfall, Randalieren

    неи́стовствоneístovstvo, бу́йствоbújstvo, погро́мpogróm

  2. Wild partying, typically a drinking binge

More definitions
  • violently angry and destructive behavior

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The rioters went on a rampage.

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  2. Once again, the dog has gone on a rampage.

    ruСобака снова разбушевалась.

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  3. Seventeen people were killed in the mass shooting rampage.

    ruСемнадцать человек были убиты в результате массовой стрельбы.

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  4. What Tom is doing right now is a spiritual rampage.

    deDas ist ein geistiges Amoklaufen, was Tom gerade macht.

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  5. Jonas continued his rampage.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a course of violent, frenzied action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a course of violent, frenzied action:

Origin

From Scots rampage, equivalent to ramp + -age. Perhaps influenced by Middle English rampne

From Scots rampage, equivalent to ramp + -age. Perhaps influenced by Middle English rampnen (“to force, ram”), from Old English *hrampian, from Proto-West Germanic *hrampōn (“to obstruct, hinder”), see ramp.

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Forms

plural: rampages
Singularrampage
Pluralrampages

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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