Learn How to Pronounce RAMPAGE – RAMPAGE in a Sentence

Learn how to pronounce RAMPAGE correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see RAMPAGE in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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The word RAMPAGE can be used as a verb and a noun. It consists of 2 syllables.

Stress the 1st syllable.

It’s pronounced RAM◦page

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RAMPAGE
Definition:
vb. to rush about in a violent, angry, uncontrolled manner (especially a large crowd)
n. violent, uncontrollable behaviour

The clipart shows a rioting mob.

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In the illustrated sentence example we see burned out vehicles.

Here is an example of RAMPAGE used as a verb: This is the scene after a crowd rampaged through Tottenham, London, in 2011.

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In this example, RAMPAGE is used as a noun: This was the scene in Tottenham, London, 2011, after a crowd went on the rampage.

Notice the underlined text: This is a common collocation. We speak of “going on a rampage”.

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Examples of RAMPAGE from news items:

Virginia — the site of one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings, the 2007 rampage at Virginia Tech that killed 32 — tightened its gun laws in recent years under Democratic leaders.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/walmart-shooting.html

The rampage on Saturday night shattered the fragile sense of security that Club Q, one of only two local gay bars, offered a community that has long faced discrimination in this bastion of American conservatism.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/23/clubq-shooting-suspect-hearing/

The outsize number of available jobs has contributed to rampaging inflation, as many companies have had to raise pay to attract more applicants.
Source: Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-job-openings-remain-near-record-high-in-february/

Ten of his fellow Republicans joined Democrats to charge him with inciting an insurrection in last week’s deadly rampage in the Capitol.
Source: Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-stimulus-idUSKBN29J1B1

Spikes’ message on Twitter came after Adams was identified as the suspect who shot and killed five people, including a prominent South Carolina doctor, in a rampage Wednesday.
Source: Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/phillip-adams-ex-nfl-linebacker-brandon-spikes

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