Word Finder - stampede

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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.

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A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.

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The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.

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Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.

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a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets

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To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.

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To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

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(of people) To move rapidly in a mass.

Nome was the scene of a great gold mining stampede in 1900.

Several fans were injured in the stampede for the store.

As people were trying to get out, a stampede ensued and several people were trampled.

Yank the fire alarm and keep the camera ready when they stampede for the exits.

Some move forward to intervene, others stampede for the exits.

In the dry, conditions resemble a cattle stampede, and riders struggle not to choke on the dust.

This will be telling you to join the stampede of people rushing to the bar to order their last drink of the evening!

In the ensuing folk rock stampede, Vanguard never did reap the huge folk rock sales of Columbia or even its indie rival Elektra.

The cows were delightfully frisky, and threatened a couple of times to stampede in our direction.

Dodging a charging cheetah or causing an elephant stampede is just a typical afternoon for tiny Tarzan!

He gave them a wide berth, but the 2 guys a little distance in front ran very close and nearly started a stampede.

And his down-home criticisms produced a stampede of uptight Russian officials angrily shooting back.

In March 2009, an America's Next Top Model casting call made the news after several show hopefuls were injured in a stampede.

The Democratic party with its more efficient machinery prevented a stampede of its rank and file, but the Whigs were less successful.

In November preparations were made for a general stampede at Montreal, and on the 7th of the month Papineau's house was sacked and a fight took place between the "constitutionals" and the "sons of liberty."

Dodging a charging cheetah or causing an elephant stampede is just a typical afternoon for tiny Tarzan !

This will be telling you to join the stampede of people rushing to the bar to order their last drink of the evening !

Last week, several hundred Shia pilgrims in Baghdad were killed in a stampede sparked by rumors of a suicide bomber in their midst.

When Team Rocket show up to cause trouble - the Exeggutor go on a wild stampede !

You are also within easy reach of signature American entertainment such as the Carolina Opry and Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, not to mention countless restaurants to appease any taste buds.

Supermarkets corral Brazilian beef to lead stampede for bigger profits.

When Team Rocket show up to cause trouble - the Exeggutor go on a wild stampede!

We narrowly missed being caught in a buffalo stampede, tried herding giraffe and disturbed a leopard on its evening hunt.

W Leon Smith When principles stampede the herd British Journalism Review Vol.

The mall tour went wrong at Roosevelt Mall in Long Island, NY, when a rumor that Bieber was in an Abercrombie and Fitch Kids store set off a stampede of the 3,000 strong crowd.