Rampage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹæmpeɪdÊ’/ (noun)
• IPA: /ɹæmˈpeɪdÊ’/ (verb)Rhymes: -eɪdÊ’

Origin

From Middle English ramp ("rave, rush wildly about"), from Old French ramper.

Full definition of rampage

Noun

1. A course of violent, frenzied action.
• 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 1, 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.

Verb

1. To move about wildly or violently

Derived terms

• go on the rampage

Related terms

• ramp
• rampant