Synonyms for stampede
stæmˈpidstam·pede

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1. stampedenoun

   Synonyms:
   rush, flight

2. stampedenoun

   Synonyms:
   jam, trampling, crush

Princeton's WordNet

1. stampedenoun

   a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

   "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"

2. stampedeverb

   a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

3. stampedeverb

   cause to run in panic

   "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"

4. stampedeverb

   cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively

   "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

5. stampedeverb

   act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse

   "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"

6. stampedeverb

   run away in a stampede

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Flee
   • Group Action

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stampedenoun

   Synonyms:
   sudden flight (as of horses from fright)

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1. List of paraphrases for "stampede":

   rodeo, rush, scuffle

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How to use stampede in a sentence?

1. Douglas MacArthur:

   Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear -­ kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor ­- with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

2. Tian Weidong:

   Further slides would accelerate the stampede.

3. Donald Lowry:

   The ASC decision applies the reins to Suncor, who tried to stampede our shareholders, this decision exposes Suncor's opportunism and levels the playing field.

4. Brad Sherman:

   Let's face it, this mission was fraught with peril, because there's no way to flee without causing a stampede, and there's no way to have a stampede that's orderly and meritorious.

5. David Madden:

   Fears are circulating that some investment funds might be quickly closing out positions as a way of shoring up their cash, it is early days yet but we might see selling pressure ramp up for fear there could be a stampede for the exit.