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stampede

noun as in rush of animals

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They are unleashed into the narrow streets of old Pamplona and forced to stampede, pursued by crazy guys in red scarfs.

There was no instruction, no direction—there was an overwhelming stampede and hysteria.

To prevent a stampede, U.S. soldiers shot tear gas into the crowd as they withdrew.

Police say he continued to stab and slash as he returned to the hallway, causing other students to stampede away from him.

The idea is to stampede others into pledging their money, too.

Who can explain the sixth sense that warns a night-herder of a stampede a moment before the herd jumps off the bed-ground?

From four to five o'clock there is a general stampede towards the railway stations.

Not enough, perhaps, to start a stampede with—but enough to keep wise old hermits burrowing after it.

Their main object so far was undoubtedly to frighten the mules into a stampede and thus separate the wagons.

There was no checking the frantic stampede which from this moment thundered with constantly increasing speed across the plain.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stampede, such as: panic, charge, chase, crash, dash, and flight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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