Thesaurus: stampede

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1. v. t. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
2. v. i. To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
3. v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
4. n. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
5. n. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
6. v. cause to run in panic
7. v. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
8. v. act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
9. v. run away in a stampede
10. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black. To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
11. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number ofanimals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight ordispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black.
12. v:37/n:63 n. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse n. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) v. cause to run in panic v. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively