(~s)
1.
You use ~ to describe a situation in which something increases or develops very quickly and cannot be controlled.
Our Grand Sale in June was a ~ success.
...a ~ best-seller.
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2.
A ~ is someone, especially a child, who leaves home without telling anyone or without permission.
...a teenage ~.
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3.
A ~ vehicle or animal is moving forward quickly, and its driver or rider has lost control of it.
The ~ car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple...
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