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stampede

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stam·pede  (stm-pd)
n.
1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals.
2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people.
3. A mass impulsive action: a stampede of support for the candidate.
v. stam·ped·ed, stam·ped·ing, stam·pedes
v.tr.
1. To cause (a herd of animals) to flee in panic.
2. To cause (a crowd of people) to act on mass impulse.
v.intr.
1. To flee in a headlong rush.
2. To act on mass impulse.

[Spanish estampida, uproar, stampede, from Provençal, from estampir, to stamp, of Germanic origin.]

stam·peder n.
Word History: The Spanish word estampida, meaning "explosion, bang, crash, uproar," seems a vivid term to describe a sudden rush of animals, such as buffaloes or cattle, and was first so used in American Spanish. From this use came our word stampede (actually from the Spanish estampido, a masculine noun corresponding to the feminine estampida, first recorded in 1828). Thus stampede, now a general English word, is an Americanism, a word or expression that originated in the United States. The United States was later to see stampedes of miners rushing westward to find gold. Not surprisingly, an early instance of the application of this word to humans is found in the San Francisco Herald in 1851.

stampede
Noun
a sudden rush of frightened animals or of a crowd
Verb
[-peding, -peded]
to run away in a stampede [Spanish estampar to stamp]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stampede - a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
group action - action taken by a group of people
2.stampede - a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
Verb1.stampede - cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
2.stampede - cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"
3.stampede - act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
4.stampede - run away in a stampede
flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

stampede
Translations
stampede [stæmˈpiːd] n [of cattle] → estampida

stampede [stæmˈpiːd] nruée f [of cattle]; débandade f

stampede [stæmˈpiːd] n (of animals) → wilde Flucht f (fig); Massenandrang m

stampede [stæmˈpiːd] nfuggi fuggi m inv [of cattle] → fuga precipitosa

stampede
n stampede [stӕmˈpiːd]
a sudden wild rush of wild animals etc a stampede of buffaloes; The school bell rang for lunch and there was a stampede for the door. stormloop فِرار جَماعي паническо бягство úprk vild flugt der Massenansturm άτακτη φυγή (π.χ. ζώων) tormamine, tunglemine رم ryntäys ruée מְנוּסַת בְּהָלָה भगदड़ stampedo, bezglava jurnjava eszeveszett menekülés perebutan lari styggð, flótti fuga 殺到 (가축 등이) 집단적으로 한꺼번에 도망치기 (paniškas) bėgimas paniska bēgšana lari berebut wilde vlucht stormløp, vill flukt paniczny pęd debandada debandadă массовое (паническое) бегство útek splašeného stáda; zhon naval stampedo vild flykt, rusning ความแตกตื่นโกลาหล ürkme (畜群的)驚跑 стихійний масовий рух بھگدڑ sự chạy toán loạn do kinh sợ
v
to (cause to) rush in a stampede The noise stampeded the elephants / made the elephants stampede. stormloop يَسْتَولي الذُّعْر وَيَفِرّون جَماعِيّا причинявам паническо бягство splašit (se) få til at flygte in Panik versetzen τρέπω, τρέπομαι σε άτακτη φυγή tormama (panema) رم كردن rynnistää jeter la panique parmi לִגרוֹם מְנוֹסַת בְּהָלָה भगदड़ मचना, भगदड़ मचाना pobjeći u panici, izazvati paniku fejvesztetten menekül membuat berebut lari styggja; ryðjast, flykkjast fuggire 逃げ出させる (가축떼가) 일제히 우르르 달아나다; 한꺼번에 도망치게 하다 (priversti) paniškai bėgti [] panikā bēgt lari berebut op de vlucht slaan flykte i vill panikk, storme rzucać się do ucieczki, zasiewać panikę w pôr/fugir em debandada a crea debandadă обращать(ся) в бегство splašiť (sa) povzročiti paniko panično bežati råka i vild flykt, försätta i panik ทำให้แตกตื่น ürk(üt)mek 使驚跑 кидатися врозтіч; розбігатися в паніці بھگدڑ مچنا chạy toán loạn 使


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Kutuzov even imagined that Napoleon's army might turn back through Medyn and Yukhnov, but the one thing he could not foresee was what happened- the insane, convulsive stampede of Napoleon's army during its first eleven days after leaving Moscow: a stampede which made possible what Kutuzov had not yet even dared to think of- the complete extermination of the French.
And this was no disciplined march; it was a stampede--a stampede gigantic and terrible--without order and without a goal, six million people unarmed and unprovisioned, driving headlong.
To be held paralyzed, with one's back toward some horrible and unknown danger from the very sound of which the ferocious Apache warriors turn in wild stampede, as a flock of sheep would madly flee from a pack of wolves, seems to me the last word in fearsome predicaments for a man who had ever been used to fighting for his life with all the energy of a powerful physique.
 
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