rampage

 

verb

Pronunciation: /ramˈpeɪdʒ/
[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • (especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner: several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the city

noun

Pronunciation: /ramˈpeɪdʒ, ˈrampeɪdʒ/
[usually in singular]
  • a period of violent and uncontrollable behaviour by a group of people: thugs went on the rampage and wrecked a classroom

Derivatives

rampager

noun

Origin:

late 17th century: perhaps based on the verb ramp and the noun rage