I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bellow of rage/laughter etc
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Alex gave another bellow of laughter.
a fire rages/blazes (= it burns strongly for a long time over a large area )
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Fires were raging in the forest near Magleby.
a storm rages (= is active and violent )
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By the time we reached the airfield, a tropical storm was raging.
a war rages (= continues in a very violent way )
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A civil war is still raging there.
air rage
be beside yourself with anger/excitement/rage etc
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Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry.
bristle with rage/indignation etc
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John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage.
debate rages (= happens over a period of time and and involves strong feelings )
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A national debate is now raging over the level of youth crime.
helpless laughter/rage/tears etc
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We both collapsed into helpless giggles.
incandescent with rage
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The prince was said to be incandescent with rage .
raging thirst (= an extremely strong thirst )
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Maggie woke up with a raging thirst .
raging torrent (= a very violent torrent )
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After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent .
raging/blazing inferno
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Within minutes, the house had become a raging inferno.
road rage
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Road rage seems to be on the increase.
sb’s face is contorted with anger/rage (= someone’s face is twisted out of its normal shape because they are angry )
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Eve’s face was contorted with anger as she picked up the broken vase.
tears of joy/frustration/rage etc
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The tears he shed were tears of joy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blind
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When she went home, there was still the scarlet mark of blind rage across her palms.
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She bore him three children and he killed the children and her in a blind rage arranged by Hera.
incandescent
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Puddephat was incandescent with rage , apparently.
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The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage .
jealous
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Her jealous rage subsided; she stroked the horse's neck.
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Rumors have swirled for years that Hearst shot Ince in a jealous rage .
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It left him in a jealous rage and he wrongly accused his 47-year-old wife of having an affair.
red
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A red hot rage that made his hands tremble.
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Ingmar's large, boozy face was red with rage .
sudden
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The moroseness; the sudden upsurges of rage .
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Then a sudden roar of rage: the beefy tattooed barman.
■ NOUN
road
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In February, he was dismissed from a truck driver's job for road rage .
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If they are correct, his demise has to be the ultimate consequence of road rage .
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You can respond to injustice with a tantrum and to road rage with a two-finger salute.
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Consider the vogue of road rage .
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A driving game which not only reduces road rage , it plays like a dream.
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I hate to admit it, hut it's probably road rage .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be burning with rage/desire etc
blind panic/rage
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I grabbed a chair in a blind panic but heard Dad call out, telling me to put it down.
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In that moment of almost blind panic, she doubted it.
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Not like shooting Sweet in a moment of blind panic.
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She bore him three children and he killed the children and her in a blind rage arranged by Hera.
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That relaxed, even jokey, presence we offer you is at times a front for blind panic.
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The mist thickened and hid it, and I knew a moment's blind panic.
blind with tears/rage/pain etc
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She turned her back again, her shoulders heaving, her eyes blind with tears.
fly into a rage/temper/panic etc
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He flew into a rage with him and brained him with his lute.
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I flew into a rage and quit.
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I was made to feel like a petulant child who has flown into a temper because his favorite toy was removed.
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Maclean immediately flew into a rage.
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Mary's natural tendency to fly into a temper probably did not increase their chances very much.
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Mitch was going to fly into a rage.
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The Collector had flown into a rage.
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Whenever Stewart showed signs of rejecting that outlook, Joe would fly into a rage.
in a towering rage
purple with rage/purple in the face etc
road-rage/air-rage etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage .
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Vera's hands shook with rage as she read the letter.
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When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But an Examiner computer analysis has uncovered a new trend: Human names are all the rage for canines.
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He bellowed with pain and rage , and sitting astride, continued punching her savagely in the face until she lay still.
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He gave a roar of rage , scrambled to his feet and turned round, his right arm raised.
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If he felt frozen, that was just what you would expect when rage went cold.
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In fact he is in a rage .
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It was all coming back, a fury of whiteness rushing against my head with violent percussive rage .
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They appeared to lack even what strength is needed to hold a glint of rage in their eyes.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter.
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As the battles between parent and child rage on , the whole family begins to suffer.
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Overnight, the fighting calmed down a little but it picked up again the next morning and raged on throughout the day.
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But Diomedes raged on , working havoc in the Trojan ranks until he came face to face with Hector.
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Naturally, the debate will rage on as players, coaches and administrators become more involved.
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The argument raged on and their voices grew more strident.
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And the cold war raged on .
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As the debate raged on for months after the election, the strain of the turbulent year began to show on Daley.
over
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A storm raged over the house.
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But debate is raging over how many employers would be required to join the HIPCs.
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However, controversy continued to rage over certain aspects of the remand decision-making process.
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But debate is raging over whether it was intended to float on water or through the afterlife.
■ NOUN
argument
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During the first two years of desktop publishing much argument has raged about which is the better system.
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The argument raged over vast stretches of territory, or rather over a series of labels that stood for territory.
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The other scientific argument raging at the conference involved the start of bipedality.
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The argument raged on and their voices grew more strident.
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Such a sanguine conclusion may seem odd at a time when furious arguments are no doubt raging behind the scenes.
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As the arguments raged , Stuttgart came up with a possible solution.
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Let the argument rage about the ethics of bolting.
battle
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A hidden battle rages inside any female who mates more than once.
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Today, a third battle rages , this time over the portion of the Central Freeway that remains north of Market Street.
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That question appears to lie at the heart of the highly publicized battle raging between Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc.
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During the ensuing months, a fierce battle was raged .
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Except for a Christmas truce, the battle of Hanoi raged through December.
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Back and forth the battle raged until the entire street was watching.
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Over the next two years the battle raged , with relatively little shifting in positions.
controversy
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Fresh controversy was raging in Westminster last night over Mr Major's exact knowledge of the affair.
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This typified the controversy that raged as he fought his way to the top in the late sixties.
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However, controversy continued to rage over certain aspects of the remand decision-making process.
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Since then controversy has raged: Did she ruin something uniquely precious?
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Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, controversy has raged over cost-benefit studies carried out by water authorities to justify large land-drainage schemes.
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Although I could not see it, we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging .
debate
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The word opens a window into the debate raging in their hearts as they doubted.
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As the debate raged on for months after the election, the strain of the turbulent year began to show on Daley.
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Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time.
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Even so, the debate that has raged over these very issues has been bad for all the disciplines involved.
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For a generation a debate had raged concerning the form pensions should take.
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A debate is raging now in finance circles and Congress over whether the value of derivatives should be recorded in corporate books.
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So the debate is still raging about how to account for these startling developments.
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As the deadline approached a fierce debate raged in the United States.
fire
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Blake was thrown down with the force of the implosion. Fire raged all around him.
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I begin, too, to have terrifying dreams about fires that rage out of control and consume me.
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Fifteen lives were lost in the accident and the ensuing fire which raged for twelve hours.
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The fires combined into a raging firestorm, driving the survivors toward the seawall, where they were struck by the waves.
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A forest fire had been raging in the east all day and a giant red glow was silhouetting the peaks beyond Portoferraio.
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Once again, fires raged unchecked.
storm
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A storm raged over the house.
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A storm rages that night, bringing heavy winds and choppy seas.
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This is brought home to us by the storm raging around the issue of climate change.
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Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside, it was night and the journey was a dangerous one.
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The trust is at the top of the ladder, and around it modern social storms are raging .
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By the time we reached the airfield next morning a tropical storm was raging .
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One hour later the storm still rages with no sign of abatement.
war
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We had experienced great difficulty in procuring bearers and mules, since a small war was raging in valleys and hills.
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Aeneas came back with a large army of Etruscans in time to save the camp, and furious war raged .
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With the war now raging in the Middle East we might feel tempted to question such certainty.
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Meanwhile, the scarred veteran Inman is experiencing his own harrowing, perilous odyssey as the Civil War rages on.
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In Kashmir and Punjab, religious wars seemingly without end rage on.
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And the cold war raged on.
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The war will rage until Chancellor Norman Lamont spells out his plans for economic recovery on Thursday in the traditional autumn statement.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blind panic/rage
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I grabbed a chair in a blind panic but heard Dad call out, telling me to put it down.
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In that moment of almost blind panic, she doubted it.
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Not like shooting Sweet in a moment of blind panic.
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She bore him three children and he killed the children and her in a blind rage arranged by Hera.
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That relaxed, even jokey, presence we offer you is at times a front for blind panic.
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The mist thickened and hid it, and I knew a moment's blind panic.
blind with tears/rage/pain etc
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She turned her back again, her shoulders heaving, her eyes blind with tears.
in a towering rage
purple with rage/purple in the face etc
road-rage/air-rage etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A debate still rages on bilingual education in public schools.
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Outside, a thunderstorm was raging and the lights flickered.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Diomedes raged on, working havoc in the Trojan ranks until he came face to face with Hector.
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Feeling helpless and angry they rage at the child, throwing temper tantrums themselves.
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Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside, it was night and the journey was a dangerous one.
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The word opens a window into the debate raging in their hearts as they doubted.
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Today, a third battle rages, this time over the portion of the Central Freeway that remains north of Market Street.
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While we are on the subject of mortality, Victor Meldrew continues to rage against the dying of the light.
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Wilson's own insides contracted at the thought and she raged against the injustice of such a thing.