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stampede2 [intransitive and transitive]
1 if a group of large animals or people stampede, they suddenly start running together in the same direction because they are frightened or excited : 
a herd of stampeding buffaloChildren came stampeding out of the school doors.
a herd of stampeding buffaloChildren came stampeding out of the school doors.2 to be made frightened or worried so that you do something too quickly, without thinking enough about it
