English-Estonian translations for stampede

Definition of stampede

  • 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
  • A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time
  • Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse
  • To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies
  • To move rapidly in a mass

Examples

  • The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes
  • a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets

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