(~s, stampeding, ~d)
1.
If there is a ~, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
There was a ~ for the exit.
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2.
If a group of animals or people ~ or if something ~s them, they run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
The crowd ~d and many were crushed or trampled underfoot...
Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.
...a herd of stampeding cattle.
VERB: V, V n, V-ing
3.
If a lot of people all do the same thing at the same time, you can describe it as a ~.
Generous redundancy terms had triggered a ~ of staff wanting to leave.
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