stampedes in English

noun

1

a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals.

What sounded like a stampede of wild rhinoceroses roused her from her sleep.

synonyms: charge, panic, rush, flight, rout

verb

1

(of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic.

the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger

synonyms: bolt, charge, flee, take flight, race, rush, career, sweep, run

noun

charge, panic, rush, flight, rout

verb

bolt, charge, flee, take flight, race, rush, career, sweep, run

Use "stampedes" in a sentence

1. Yeah, no stampedes for me.

2. Now, this system, eventually, with other innovations, is what helped prevent stampedes altogether at that festival.

3. Sea ice loss is forcing Pacific walrus mothers and calves to come to shore, where young can be trampled to death in stampedes.

4. Most of the 215 human stampedes recorded between 1980 and 2007 occurred in South Asia and Africa, with fatality rates nearly eight-fold higher in developing countries.

5. But they highlight the Hajj in Saudi Arabia — one of the world's largest annual pilgrimages — as an example of where the introduction of traffic and safety rules has successfully prevented stampedes.

6. 1 day ago · A party-ending Curfew imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people in Miami Beach could extend through the …