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on a rampage

Idioms  
  1. Behaving violently, as in There was a near riot after the game, when some of the spectators went on a rampage. This term comes from the Old Scots verb ramp, meaning “to storm and rage.” [Mid-1800s]


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Eventually she develops feelings for Aguni and even shields his body from harm from one of the kings on a rampage.

From Salon

"Foreigners are scary. I'm afraid they may go on a rampage," a 54-year-old Sanseito volunteer told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

From BBC

No civics textbook could prepare students for the realities of power that kept the nation’s war machine on a rampage, taking several million lives in Southeast Asia or supplying weapons making possible genocide in Gaza.

From Salon

He's also been on a rampage against military bases that dropped the names of Confederate leaders.

From Salon

A Sudanese rights group accused the military of going on a rampage, killing at least 13 people in Camp Taiba, a village about 20km away.

From BBC