(~s, raging, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control.
He was red-cheeked with ~...
I flew into a ~...
= fury
N-VAR
2.
You say that something powerful or unpleasant ~s when it continues with great force or violence.
Train services were halted as the fire ~d for more than four hours...
The war ~s on and the time has come to take sides.
VERB: V, V on
3.
If you ~ about something, you speak or think very angrily about it.
Monroe was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers...
Inside, Frannie was raging...
‘I can’t see it’s any of your business,’ he ~d.
VERB: V about/against/at n, V, V with quote
4.
You can refer to the strong anger that someone feels in a particular situation as a particular ~, especially when this results in violent or aggressive behaviour.
Cabin crews are reporting up to nine cases of air ~ a week.
N-UNCOUNT: n N
see also road ~
5.
When something is popular and fashionable, you can say that it is the ~ or all the ~. (INFORMAL)
The 1950s look is all the ~ at the moment.
N-SING: the N
6.
see also raging