| anglais > français | |
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| stampede | |
| 1. n. Débandade, bousculade, ruée. | |
| A stampede during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, kills at least 350 people. | |
| 2. v. S'enfuir dans la panique. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| stampede | |
| 1. n. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. |  |
| 2. n. A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time. | |
| The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes. | |
| 3. n. (figurative) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse. | |
| a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. | |
| 5. v. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. | |
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