rampage
noun
violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
have been rampaging
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present perfect progressiveof rampage.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Once Shohei Ohtani took the doubt and confusion off the table by saying he didn’t want to be traded, he wanted to charge for the playoffs, the Angels jelled and have been rampaging ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
Omicron variants of the coronavirus have been rampaging through China since restrictions were dropped last month, with authorities saying about 80 percent of the population has been infected in this wave.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023
A gazillion gallons of stormwater have been rampaging down rivers into the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
The novel firefighting method is the latest that fire officials and tree experts have implemented in the face of twin wildfires that have been rampaging through California’s southern Sierra Nevada for the last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
I thought a dragon must have been rampaging about the premises.
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Edward Wilson Landor
