dogpiles

Victory celebration heaps

A dogpile is either a literal or figurative heap of people or things.

If you dogpile, you take part in the activity of piling up on someone or something.

overwhelm

avalanche

Rapid mountain snow collapse

  • delugeSevere overflow of water
  • floodOverwhelming water overflow
  • barrageSustained, overwhelming attack

inundation · onslaught · cascade · torrent · overload · bombardment · tsunami · blitz · surge · wave

physical

tackle

Gear or takedown

  • heapJumbled collection of items
  • mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
  • swarmMass of moving insects

scrum · pileup · crush · huddle · stampede · rugby · football · wrestling · playground · tumble

criticism

gang up

Combine against a target

  • attackAggressive act against another
  • barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
  • onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault

backlash · mob · swarm · trolling · harassment · brigading · cancel · viral · ratio · dragging

Opposites
physical arrangement/order

dogpilessingle file

One-person-wide formation

dispersal · scattering · spreading out · even spacing · queue

group behavior/social dynamics

dogpilespolite applause

Restrained, dutiful clapping

standing ovation · backing off · giving space

online/social criticism dynamics

dogpilesmeasured response

Controlled, proportional reply

private message · civil discourse · ignoring

Family

dogpile, dogpiled, dogpiling

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