stampede
[noun]
Synonyms: rush, charge, flight, rout

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Related Idioms: run like a pack of scalded dogs
Related Words: bolt, charge, chase, crash, dash, fling, hurry, rush, shoot, tear

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. stam‧pede¹ /stæmˈpiːd/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: American Spanish; Origin: estampida, from Spanish, 'crash', from estampar 'to stamp']

1. when a group of people all want to do the same thing at the same time:
a stampede to buy shares in high-tech companies

2. when a group of large animals or people suddenly start running in the same direction because they are frightened or excited:
a cattle stampede

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. stampede² verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] 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 buffalo
Children came stampeding out of the school doors.

2. be/get stampeded to be made frightened or worried so that you do something too quickly, without thinking enough about it
be/get stampeded into
Don’t get stampeded into any rash decisions.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲