rampage

Universal Words noun, verb noun [usuallysing.] a sudden period of wild and violent behaviour, often causing damage and destruction: Gangs of youths went on the rampage in the city yesterday. * A state of emergency was declared following overnight rampages by student demonstrators. verb [V+adv./prep.] (of people or animals) to move through a place in a group, usually breaking things and causing damage: Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the centre of the city. * a herd of rampaging elephants