stampede
Mass frenzied flight
A stampede is a sudden, panicked rush of animals or people fleeing or charging together.
Cattle stampedes were a danger on Western cattle drives; a loud noise could set the herd running.
The word extends to any headlong mass movement: a stampede for the exits, a stampede of investors dumping stocks.
As a verb, to stampede is to rush in panic or to cause such a rush: Don't let them stampede you into a decision.
Large North American bovine
- wildebeestLarge African grazing antelope
- bisonLarge wild ox
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
horses · mustangs · hoofbeats · trample · gallop · herd · migration · prairie
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- fearEmotional response to threat
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
chaos · mayhem · pandemonium · bedlam · turmoil · frenzy · flee · bolt
Cost or accusation
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- raceCompetition of speed
scramble · swarm · flood · deluge · onslaught · torrent · wave · influx
buffalo
Large North American bovine
- wildebeestLarge African grazing antelope
- bisonLarge wild ox
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
elephants · horses · mustangs · hoofbeats · trample · gallop · herd · migration · prairie · savannah
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
dread · chaos · mayhem · pandemonium · bedlam · turmoil · frenzy · flee · bolt · scatter
charge
Cost or accusation
race · scramble · swarm · flood · deluge · onslaught · torrent · wave · influx · flock
rumble
Low rolling sound
hoofbeats · deafening · booming · trembling · vibration · dust · cacophony · din · drumming · resounding
Calgary
Alberta's economic hub
- eventA notable occurrence
- arenaVenue for contests
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
cowboy · bronco · bull · chute · spectacle · western · annual · parade · festival · exhibition
- Lion KingSimba, Mufasa, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa
- mob psychologymob mentality, herd behavior, pack mentality, deindividuation, mass hysteria
- zebra behaviorgrazing, migration, gallop, grooming, predator defense
- Cowboycowboy, cowboys, cowgirls, ranch, rancher
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
stampedemeasured pace
Regulated speed of movement
leisurely stroll · single file · parade · promenade · plod
stampederetreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
withdrawal · orderly retreat · pullback · falling back · dispersal