as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
some crazy guy went on a rampage in the public library and started grabbing books off the shelves and tossing them around
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Recent Examples of rampage
Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
This Abel Ferrara cult classic follows a mute seamstress who goes on a revenge rampage after being attacked twice in one day on the streets of New York.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Uh, in the event, he's been in it since 2001, he's been in every single Red Red Bull rampage.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
An Amber Alert was launched in the immediate aftermath of the rampage.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
This film is situated as a direct sequel to Halloween II, giving us a chance to check in with Laurie Strode 20 years after Michael Myers' first rampage.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampage
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Travelers not seeking football frenzy should avoid the fall, when hotel and airfare prices skyrocket and crowds are large.—
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January was set to host a free-agent frenzy, with most league veterans aligning their contracts to expire in advance of the new CBA.—
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For instance, if an airline customer wants to rant about the Transportation Security Administration screening process, Qualtrics’ tech can have the digital survey explain that airline security is out of its control, and link to the TSA’s feedback page.—
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In two minutes of ranting and raving about his degenerate son’s twenty-six-thousand-dollar dinner bill, Reiner gave an indelible comedic performance destined to be quoted for years to come.—
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The four-time NBA championship coach flew into a rage, aggressively gesturing at officials and screaming.—
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Over the years, wallpaper has been all the rage.—
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While Swift hasn’t made an appearance since, current Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser has raved about The Life of the Showgirl artist as a diehard Swiftie.—
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The internet can’t stop raving about K-beauty products—specifically about Medicube’s K-beauty products.—
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Coalition members also agreed to carry on with long-term military support for Ukraine and pledged defense cooperation, including training, defense production and intelligence sharing.—
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The notebook includes not just copies of letters in the Watkins papers but Virginia’s meticulous record of her fact-checking and her correspondence with Polly about the book’s success, spin-offs, sequels, and other projects carrying on to Polly’s death in 1962.—
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The home bar took on a mid-century modern style, with forest green walls and coordinating barstools.—
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The scandal has subsequently taken on a life of its own thanks to a video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, which went viral.—
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Place the bowl inside the microwave and heat on high for around three to four minutes, or until the solution is visibly steaming.—
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One ship was seized Friday in the Caribbean, and others were spotted steaming hundreds of miles into the Atlantic.—
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“Rampage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampage. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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