rampant

rampant
adjective
zügellos [Gewalt, Rassismus]; steil ansteigend [Inflation]; üppig [Wachstum]
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['ræmpənt]
adjective
(very common and uncontrolled: Vandalism is rampant in the town.) um sich greifen
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ram·pant
[ˈræmpənt]
adj
1. (unrestrained) ungezügelt
\rampant inflation galoppierende Inflation
\rampant nationalism/racism zügelloser Nationalismus/Rassismus
to encounter \rampant prejudice sich akk mit zahllosen [o unzähligen] Vorurteilen konfrontiert sehen
2. (spreading)
▪ to be \rampant grassieren, um sich akk greifen
3. inv, after n (rearing) sprungbereit
a lion \rampant ein [drohend] aufgerichteter Löwe
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['rmpənt]
adj
1) (= unrestrained) plants, growth üppig, wuchernd attr; heresy, evil, social injustice etc wild wuchernd attr; inflation wuchernd, gallopierend; corruption wuchernd, überhandnehmend, zügellos, ungezügelt; crime um sich greifend, blühend

the rampant growth of — das Wuchern (+gen)

to be rampant — (wild) wuchern

heart disease is rampant in my family — Herzkrankheiten liegen bei uns in der Familie

to run rampant (condition) — um sich greifen; (person) unbeaufsichtigt herumlaufen

2) (HER) (drohend) aufgerichtet

lion rampant — aufgerichteter Löwe

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rampant adj (adv rampantly)
1. wild, zügellos, ausgelassen
2. überhandnehmend:
be rampant um sich greifen, grassieren
3. üppig, wuchernd (Pflanzen)
4. (drohend) aufgerichtet, sprungbereit (Tier)
5. Heraldik: aufsteigend:
a lion rampant
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adjective
zügellos [Gewalt, Rassismus]; steil ansteigend [Inflation]; üppig [Wachstum]
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adj.
wild adj.

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