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Noun
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
- when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits
Verb
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
- Companies will now stampede to release their latest software
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
- The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating
- cause to run in panic
- Thunderbolts can stampede animals