Dictionary

rampage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæmpeɪd͡ʒ/
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A course of violent, frenzied action.
   • Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
2. Wild partying, typically a drinking binge
   • Great card he was. Waltzing in Stamer street with Ignatius Gallaher on a Sunday morning, the landlady's two hats pinned on his head. Out on the rampage all night. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

Forms

Deriveds

on the rampage · rampageous · go on the rampage

Translations (41)

cmn 橫行 /横行 (a course of violent, frenzied action) · ko 광란 (a course of violent, frenzied action) · ru погро́м (a course of violent, frenzied action) · es arrasamiento (a course of violent, frenzied action) · it follia (a course of violent, frenzied action) · gl fanteira (a course of violent, frenzied action) · cmn 亂鬧 /乱闹 (a course of violent, frenzied action) · nb raptus (a course of violent, frenzied action) · mi tātāhautanga (a course of violent, frenzied action) · es embestida (a course of violent, frenzied action) · ru бу́йство (a course of violent, frenzied action) · mi hōkeka (a course of violent, frenzied action) · cmn 狂暴 (a course of violent, frenzied action) · gl boureo (a course of violent, frenzied action) · fi riehuminen (a course of violent, frenzied action) · vi cuồng nộ (a course of violent, frenzied action) · de Wutanfall (a course of violent, frenzied action) · fi raivoaminen (a course of violent, frenzied action) · pt alvoroço (a course of violent, frenzied action) · km ការផ្ទុះឡើង (a course of violent, frenzied action) · it furia (a course of violent, frenzied action) · de Randale (a course of violent, frenzied action) · es arrasadura (a course of violent, frenzied action) · mi tākahatanga (a course of violent, frenzied action) · ru неи́стовство (a course of violent, frenzied action) · pt tumulto (a course of violent, frenzied action) · de Randalieren (a course of violent, frenzied action) · es tumulto (a course of violent, frenzied action) · es destrucción (a course of violent, frenzied action) · bg буйство (a course of violent, frenzied action) · yi וואַקכאַנאַליע (a course of violent, frenzied action) · fi myllerrys (a course of violent, frenzied action) · fr déchainement (a course of violent, frenzied action) · ja 大暴れ (a course of violent, frenzied action) · ko 난무 (a course of violent, frenzied action) · it raptus (a course of violent, frenzied action) · fr saccage (a course of violent, frenzied action) · sk divočenie (a course of violent, frenzied action) · la furia (a course of violent, frenzied action) · es devastación (a course of violent, frenzied action) · vi bạo lực (a course of violent, frenzied action)

rampage en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæmpeɪd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. To move about wildly or violently.
   • It is a sunny morning in Amman and the three uniformed judges in Jordan’s state security court are briskly working their way through a pile of slim grey folders on the bench before them. Each details the charges against 25 or so defendants accused of supporting the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis), now rampaging across Syria and Iraq under their sinister black banners and sending nervous jitters across the Arab world. 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
   • In the hip science of ultrasmall nanotechnology, fantastical future possibilities like rampaging nanorobots capture the most attention, but the first fruits of the field have been more mundane: tiny bits of mostly ordinary stuff that just sit there. 2005 February 22, Kenneth Chang, “Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

rampager

Relateds

rampant · ramp

Translations (34)

es estar fuera de control (to move about wildly or violently) · mi tātāhau (to move about wildly or violently) · de randalieren (to move about wildly or violently) · gl rasourar (to move about wildly or violently) · es arrasar (to move about wildly or violently) · gl arrebolar (to move about wildly or violently) · ru беси́ться (to move about wildly or violently) · es desbocarse (to move about wildly or violently) · gl apouvigar (to move about wildly or violently) · cmn 亂鬧 /乱闹 (to move about wildly or violently) · bg беснея (to move about wildly or violently) · gl lurpiar (to move about wildly or violently) · ru бушева́ть (to move about wildly or violently) · la saeviō (to move about wildly or violently) · sk besnieť (to move about wildly or violently) · ru бу́йствовать (to move about wildly or violently) · de rasen (to move about wildly or violently) · de toben (to move about wildly or violently) · pt alvoroçar (to move about wildly or violently) · fr rager (to move about wildly or violently) · fi ottaa riskejä (to move about wildly or violently) · pt tumultuar (to move about wildly or violently) · bg вилнея (to move about wildly or violently) · bn উত্তেজিত বা উন্মাতাল আচরণ (to move about wildly or violently) · la ferōciō (to move about wildly or violently) · ru неи́стовствовать (to move about wildly or violently) · sk divočiť sa (to move about wildly or violently) · cmn 橫衝直撞 /横冲直撞 (to move about wildly or violently) · fi raivota (to move about wildly or violently) · fi riehua (to move about wildly or violently) · ru свире́пствовать (to move about wildly or violently) · bg буйствам (to move about wildly or violently) · ja 暴れる (to move about wildly or violently) · ru бесчи́нствовать (to move about wildly or violently)