as in rampage
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in its frenzy to flee the danger, the crowd became uncontrollable, and a number of people were trampled to death
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as in to craze
to cause to go insane or as if insane
local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
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Recent Examples of frenzy
Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Take a deep breath and don't get sucked into the frenzy.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Today, the media frenzy about who can be the next president or minister misses the point.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Carlson asked, rousing the crowd to a libidinal frenzy.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Take a deep breath and don't get sucked into the frenzy.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Though the show stretches across eight 45-minute episodes, diving into countless details and fantastical beings, its pacing often stalls, leading to a humdrum tone instead of a display frenzied with action.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Today, the media frenzy about who can be the next president or minister misses the point.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
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For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting.Brenda Breslauer, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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This guy's been on a two-month rampage of insulting everybody who's not— Leah Feiger: Everyone.Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
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Another crazed superfan maybe?Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Mar. 2023
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Ellie, crazed and exhausted, emerges into the cold air in a cloud of smoke.Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
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Devin Williams received back-to-back sentences of 25 years to life in prison for the fatal shootings of Maria and Benison Tran, who were shot at near point-blank range after Williams snuck into their Dublin home and confronted them in a fit of jealous rage.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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How to cope right now Don’t suppress your emotions, process them In the immediate aftermath of the election results, you may be flooded with emotions ranging from despair to rage.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Martha Stewart is an ‘unreliable narrator’ but also ‘a visionary,’ documentary director says: R.J. Cutler, the director of Netflix’s ‘Martha,’ discussed his film about the lifestyle guru and businesswoman and how he isn’t bothered by her criticism of it.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Read more Trump remarks about shots fired 'through the fake news' spark fury online Who is Ann Selzer?David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Summon the fury of the elements and turn the X-Men’s most electric leader into your next commander.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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Brace for Impact Schmitt’s getting caught in a storm might have been a red herring to distract us from a bigger tragedy ahead. endings Yesterday at 3:37 p.m.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Owners can also try distracting their dogs when a bee buzzes through incompatible behavior.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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This yearslong wave of mass hysteria came to be known as the satanic panic.Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Prior to its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Bong Joon-ho predicted audiences wouldn’t understand explicit cultural elements in Parasite, a black comedy leaning heavily into class hysteria.Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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The photos, not graphic but disturbing all the same, were allegedly taken at the scene of the Delphi murders — the double homicide of two best friends, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, in rural Delphi, Indiana, in 2017.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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The skit started with the actors seeming disturbed.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Frenzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenzy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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