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   stampede

   /stamˈpiːd/

   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"
   • ▪ a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people in response to a particular circumstance or stimulus: "a stampede of bargain hunters"
   • ▪ (in North America) a rodeo: "the Calgary 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"
   • ▪ (of people) move rapidly in a mass: "the children stampeded through the kitchen, playing tag or hide-and-seek"
   • ▪ cause (people or animals) to stampede: "the raiders stampeded 200 mules"

   Word Origin early 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish estampida ‘crash, uproar’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stamp.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stampeder noun

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   What does a stampede mean?

   • a situation in which a lot of people are trying to do or achieve the same thing at the same time Falling interest rates has led to a stampede to buy property. early 19th cent.: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish estampida ‘crash, uproar’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stamp. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.

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   What does it mean if someone is stampeded into something?

   • stampede someone/something into something figurative No amount of pressure will stampede (= force) this committee into making hasty decisions. The film clip showed a stampede of wild horses. The government said that it would investigate the cause of the stampede and take action to prevent such disasters. There was a stampede to the door.

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   What does frantic Stampede mean?

   • There was no checking the frantic stampede which from this moment thundered with constantly increasing speed across the plain. Stampede definition: a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.. See examples of STAMPEDE used in a sentence.

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   What is a stampede in a sentence?

   • Noun a stampede to the exits a stampede to buy the stock a stampede of new applicants Verb People stampeded to the exits. The gunshot stampeded the cattle. In 1977, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a May Day celebration at Taksim, causing a stampede and killing 34 people.

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   stampede: 1 n a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) Type of: change of location , travel a movement through space that changes the location of something n a headlong rush of people on a common impulse “when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits” Type of: group action action taken by a group of people v ...

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