n.

a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

"when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"

a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

Don't Be Stampeded into Selling Out
Sport: Stampeded by Galloping Expectations
Stampeded by Fear, Scammed by Lies: Why the Bailout Failed
Edgar `Won't Be Stampeded' by Daley on Casino
Is the public being stampeded in regard to vitamins?
Stampeded Early, Bullets Bite Dust;Bulls Refuse to Miss, Break Streak at 2
Let them eat Steak; Why steakhouses have stampeded into the Washington area -- and how to find the best of them
Taking a Beating by Turning Bearish Too Soon; Bulls Stampeded Over Calvert's Strategic Growth Fund, but Its Manager Is Sticking to H...
Federalism, Regulatory Competition, and the Limited Liability Movement: The Coyote Howled and the Herd Stampeded
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