stampede
Noun
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A headlong rush of people on a common impulse (synset 101125741)
"when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
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A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) (synset 107460870)
is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
Verb
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Cause to run in panic (synset 202091072)
"Thunderbolts can stampede animals"causes: stampede - run away in a stampede
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Cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively (synset 202600625)
"The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"causes: stampede - act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
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Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse (synset 202600446)
"Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
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Run away in a stampede (synset 202060224)
entail:
- run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridly
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