RAMPAGED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

rampaged

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past tense of rampage

as in ranted

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Comedian Matt Matthews recently ranted about pronouns, gender identity, and the LGBTQ community.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Aug. 2026
Membership was open to the lazy, the unemployed and anyone who mostly ranted.

— Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of ranted

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And through the spring and summer, that appeared to be the case, as coaches and players alike raved about their new coordinator, who earlier this year was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Some raved about the experience to those in line while others chattered among themselves about their thoughts.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of raved

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But a new wave of indignation swept Spain when Abascal, who uses a wheelchair, was carried on a stretcher from her apartment after police cordoned off the street.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Still, Sheeran carried on with his tour over the weekend, addressing the controversy and expressing a middling stance on Israel’s war in Gaza.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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Trump blustered and lied and displayed himself in the worst possible light, of course, but Reza Pahlavi, the Shah’s son who lives in the United States and who many Iranians had reluctantly come to regard as a possible leader, also played his hand extremely badly.

— Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2026
Trump has blustered, contradicted himself publicly, ramped-up rhetorically and then backed down, mostly without receiving obvious concessions.

— Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026

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The property took on its current name in the 1980s, with subsequent renovations adding the 10th floor, home to the Presidential Suite and spa.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Printed jeans finished with a clear, glossy coating took on a distinctly plastic-like appearance.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

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Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

Definition of fulminated

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Tension in France French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu addressed the nation on Wednesday night, to try and calm the student protests that have raged for more than two weeks.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
As protests raged at more than 1,200 French high schools this week, police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets in some cases.

— Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026

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