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stampede
/stæmˈpiːd/ noun [C]Definition
› when a large group of animals or people suddenly move in an uncontrolled way, often in the same direction: Gunfire caused a stampede in the marketplace.
stampede verb [I] (Definition of stampede noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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