rampaged; rampaging
: to rush wildly about
: a course of violent, riotous, or reckless action or behavior
Examples of rampage in a Sentence
Verb
Rioters rampaged through the streets of the city.
Noun
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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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Desperate refuge in trees and attics Survivors shared terrifying stories of being swept away and clinging to trees as rampaging floodwaters carried trees and cars past them.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 11 July 2025
Shanes James, the man charged with killing six people in a 2023 shooting rampage that began in Bexar County and ended in Austin, has officially been deemed competent to stand trial.
—Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
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Verb
Survivors shared terrifying stories of being swept away and clinging to trees as rampaging floodwaters carried trees and cars past them.
—Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Desperate refuge in trees and attics Survivors shared terrifying stories of being swept away and clinging to trees as rampaging floodwaters carried trees and cars past them.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Noun
The Facebook group admins point out that Papa Rodger is similar to the name of a hero in the incel community, Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed seven men and women near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in a 2014 rampage that targeted a sorority house.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 11 July 2025
Shanes James, the man charged with killing six people in a 2023 shooting rampage that began in Bexar County and ended in Austin, has officially been deemed competent to stand trial.
—Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
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“Rampage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rampage. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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rampage
2 of 2 noun
ram·page
ˈram-ˌpāj 
: a course of violent or reckless action or behavior
rampageously
adverb
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