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RAMPAGE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Violently angry and destructive behavior

Synonyms:

rampage; violent disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rampage" is a kind of...):

disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rampage"):

wilding (an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women)

Derivation:

ramp (behave violently, as if in state of a great anger)

rampage (act violently, recklessly, or destructively)

rampageous (displaying raging violence; often destructive)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act violently, recklessly, or destructively

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rampage" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rampage"):

riot (take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rampage (violently angry and destructive behavior)

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