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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
- A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
Verb
- (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
- (transitive) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
Exempel
- She and her husband would join in the general stampede. -W. Black.
- The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.
- "Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd."
- A stampede during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, kills at least 350 people.
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