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    Stam·pede
    /stamˈpēd/

    noun

    • 1. a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals: "the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede"

    verb

    • 1. (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic: "the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger"
  2. an occasion when many large animals or many people suddenly all move quickly and in an uncontrolled way, usually in the same direction at the same time, especially because of fear: Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

    • Stampede

      a sudden uncontrolled movement of a large group of animals...

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  4. Definition of stampede noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. 5 meanings: 1. an impulsive headlong rush of startled cattle or horses 2. headlong rush of a crowd 3. any sudden large-scale.... Click for more definitions.

  6. to scatter or flee in a stampede: People stampeded from the burning theater. to make a general rush: On hearing of the sale, they stampeded to the store. verb (used with object), stam·ped·ed, stam·ped·ing.

  7. STAMPEDE meaning: 1 : an occurrence in which a large group of frightened or excited animals or people run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something, get out of a place, etc.; 2 : a situation in which a lot of people try to do the same thing at the same time.

  8. a sudden uncontrolled movement of a large group of animals or people, often in the same direction: Gunfire caused a stampede in the marketplace.

  9. 1. countable noun. If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way. There was a stampede for the exit. Synonyms: rush, charge, flight, scattering More Synonyms of stampede. 2. transitive verb/intransitive verb.

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