English-Portuguese translations for stampede
- debandadaDurante uma semana, devido ao contágio da epidemia americana, corremos o risco de um pânico colectivo ou de uma debandada geral, mas creio que esse risco já está controlado. For a week, due to being infected by the US epidemic, we have run the risk of either a stampede or a mass exodus, which I think has been corrected.
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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