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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
rampage
ram·page [rampage rampages rampaged rampaging] noun, verb
noun BrE [ˈræmpeɪdʒ] ; NAmE [ˈræmpeɪdʒ] usually singular
a sudden period of wild and violent behaviour, often causing damage and destruction
•Gangs of youths went on the rampage in the city yesterday.
•A state of emergency was declared following overnight rampages by student demonstrators.
Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: perhaps based on the verb ↑ramp and the noun ↑rage.
verb BrE [ræmˈpeɪdʒ] ; NAmE [ræmˈpeɪdʒ] BrE [ˈræmpeɪdʒ] ; NAmE [ˈræmpeɪdʒ] intransitive + adv./prep. (of people or animals)
to move through a place in a group, usually breaking things and causing damage
Syn: ↑run amok
•Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the centre of the city.
•a herd of rampaging elephants
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: perhaps based on the verb ↑ramp and the noun ↑rage.
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