Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Very active and unpredictable; volatile.
  • adjective Remarkable; extraordinary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • a. & n. from rage, v. i.

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  • verb Present participle of rage.
  • adjective Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
  • adjective Extremely aroused, rock hard, long lasting, insatiable

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  • adjective very severe
  • adjective characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
  • adjective (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

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Examples

  • They "show what we call the raging-hormone phenomenon," says Morris Holbrook, a professor of marketing at Columbia Business School.

    The Car That Got Away 2008

  • From the canyons of Manhattan to Beverly Hills, Calif., debate is again raging over the rich.

    Making Money Off The Rich James B. Stewart 2010

  • Our invading empire is the sin raging rampantly within us.

    Under the fig tree Andrew Beckner 2006

  • Our invading empire is the sin raging rampantly within us.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Andrew Beckner 2006

  • And then also, we'll get an up close and personal visit with the man they call the raging Cajun, General Russell Honore, the man in charge of whipping New Orleans back into shape.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2005 2005

  • Page 7 dence of the nation to so great extent, that they could find no other man to whom they were so willing to entrust the management of their affairs, whilst the great conflict was yet raging, is a high testimony to his patriotism.

    Sermon on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States. Preached on the Occasion of the National Funeral 1865

  • What he calls a raging dinosaur, I may call a zealous crusader.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • What he calls a raging dinosaur, I may call a zealous crusader.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Spirit speaks there of the reign of the Antichrist, whom he describes as raging so furiously as to crush what he can, and, at all events, to bend what he cannot crush, so that afterward he may suppress with all his strength what has been bent.

    Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Martin Luther 1514

  • Charity "raging" -- it reminds us of Mr. Mantalini's savage lamb -- but I can use no other word but "rage" to express these frantic gushes of affection for the poor.

    Side Lights James Runciman 1871

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