[{"word":"stampedes","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes."},{"definition":"Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets"}],"synonyms":["flight","rush","crush","jam","trampling"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stampede","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stampedes"]}]