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Synonyms for stampede

Grammar : Noun
Spell : stam-peed
Phonetic Transcription : stæmˈpid

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Définition of stampede

Origin :
  • 1828, from Mexican Spanish estampida, from Spanish, "an uproar," from estamper "to stamp, press, pound," from the same Germanic root that yielded English stamp (v.). The political sense is first recorded 1846. As the name of an annual exhibition of cowboy skills in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it is attested from 1912.
  • noun rush of animals
Example sentences :
  • Among the strikers there was a break that swiftly spread and became a stampede.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • I was just mulish, I guess, because you were trying to stampede me.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • "A herd of mountain sheep on the stampede," was the Skipper's immediate verdict.
  • Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby
  • The miners were struggling with the demons of desire and ready to stampede at any moment.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • The porters, the tent boys, all were gone in a stampede for safety.
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • The excitement of the stampede had sustained us, and we scarcely had noted the flight of time.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • There must have been several hundred of them, all sustained by the mad excitement of the stampede.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • It was at this juncture that a stampede of the whole drove was due.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Instantly there was a stampede of the Den, and cries of “a fight!”
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • They were apt to stampede and make trouble in finding them if there was a bad storm.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Antonyms for stampede

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