stampede

stampede
noun
Stampede, die
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[stæm'pi:d] 1. noun
(a sudden wild rush of wild animals etc: a stampede of buffaloes; The school bell rang for lunch and there was a stampede for the door.) der Massenansturm
2. verb
(to (cause to) rush in a stampede: The noise stampeded the elephants / made the elephants stampede.) in Panik versetzen
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stam·pede
[stæmˈpi:d]
I. n
1. of animals wilde Flucht
2. of people [Menschen]auflauf m
II. vi animals durchgehen; people irgendwohin stürzen
at quitting time, everybody \stampedes into the parking lot nach Feierabend gibt es einen Ansturm auf die Parkplätze
III. vt
1. (cause to rush)
to \stampede sb/an animal jdn/ein Tier aufschrecken
2. (force into action)
to \stampede sb into [doing] sth jdn zu etw dat drängen
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[stm'piːd]
1. n
(of horses, cattle) wilde Flucht; (of people) Massenandrang m, Massenansturm m (on auf +acc); (to escape) wilde or panikartige Flucht

the exodus turned into a stampede — der Exodus geriet zur Panik

2. vt
cattle, horses, crowd in (wilde or helle) Panik versetzen

to stampede sb into doing sth (fig) — jdn dazu drängen, etw zu tun

let's not be stampeded (fig) — wir wollen uns nicht kopfscheu machen lassen

3. vi
durchgehen; (crowd) losstürmen (for auf +acc)
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stampede [stæmˈpiːd]
A s
1. a) Stampede f (wilde, panische Flucht einer Rinder- oder Pferdeherde)
b) wilder Ansturm:
there was a stampede for the door alles stürzte zur Tür
2. fig (Massen)Ansturm m (von Käufern etc)
3. POL US
a) Meinungsumschwung m
b) Erdrutsch m, Wählerflucht f
4. US jährliches Volksfest mit Rodeos, Tanzveranstaltungen, Ausstellungen etc
B v/i
1. in wilder Flucht davonstürmen, durchgehen (Rinder-, Pferdeherde)
2. (in Massen) losstürmen
C v/t
1. eine Rinder-, Pferdeherde in wilde Flucht jagen
2. a) in Panikstimmung versetzen
b) treiben (into doing sth dazu, etwas zu tun)
c) überrumpeln
d) POL US einen Erdrutsch bei einem Parteitag etc hervorrufen
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noun
Stampede, die
* * *
n.
Exodus m.
Massenflucht f. v.
in Panik versetzen ausdr.
wild wegrennen ausdr.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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