stampede

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I - noun

1. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse (Freq. 1)
- when he shouted 'fire' there was a stampede to the exits
• Hypernyms:
group action
2. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
• Hypernyms:
change of location, travel

II - verb

1. cause to run in panic (Freq. 2)
- Thunderbolts can stampede animals
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
- The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
- Companies will now stampede to release their latest software
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. run away in a stampede
• Hypernyms:
flee, fly, take flight
• Entailment:
run, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie,
speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody