stampeding

noun

a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

verb

run away in a stampede

act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse

cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively

cause to run in panic

Roots

estamparstamp- · Spanish · to stamp

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