stampede

IPA: stæmpˈid

noun

  • A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
  • (by extension) A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
  • (figurative) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.

verb

  • (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
  • (transitive) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
  • To move rapidly in a mass. (of people)
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