Both Uses of
rampant
in
Rose Red
- This only served to further upset me, and I ended the call as quickly as possible, somewhat concerned the woman at the exchange may have been listening in, a practice that is rampant these days.†
Chpt 4 *
- One hears stories about the China districtthe use of opium is said to be rampant, the young women available for pennies, disease and poverty everywhere for those the railroads left behind once the laying of railroad track reached the ocean.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(rampant as in: rampant growth) something undesired and flourishing in an uncontrolled way
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, rampant can refer to an animal (usually its depiction in an emblem) in which the animal is rearing on its left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.