rampaged
Stormed about wildly
Rampaged is the past tense of rampage—to rush about wildly, causing destruction or chaos.
The word suggests violent, uncontrolled behavior: The elephant rampaged through the village, Rioters rampaged through downtown, smashing windows.
It can describe anything that moves destructively without restraint.
Widespread destruction and chaos
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- carnageWidespread violent death
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
ruination · ravaging · pillaging · trampling · smashing · obliteration · annihilation · laying waste
Wildly, violently uncontrolled
- amokIn violent frenzy
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- frenziedWildly out of control
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
unhinged · manic · crazed · unrestrained · furious · savage · ferocious · violent
havoc
Widespread destruction and chaos
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- carnageWidespread violent death
demolition · ruination · ravaging · pillaging · trampling · smashing · obliteration · annihilation · laying waste · tearing apart
berserk
Wildly, violently uncontrolled
uncontrolled · unhinged · manic · crazed · unrestrained · furious · savage · ferocious · violent · explosive
riot
Violent public disturbance
surge · horde · swarm · crowd · melee · storming · overrunning · charging · rushing · invasion
charging
Restoring electrical power
- stampedingFleeing en masse frantically
- tramplingCrushing underfoot repeatedly
- goringPiercing with horn
mauling · bull · elephant · rhino · wild boar · rogue · territorial · provoked · enraged · attacking
rampagedheld back
Kept from advancing
behaved · calmed · settled down · stayed calm · kept the peace
rampagedstayed calm
relaxed · mellowed · cooled down · calmed down · kept one's cool
- on the rampageViolently out of control