WORD: RAMPANT
MEANING:
1. Extending unchecked; unrestrained: a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard.
2. Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife: a rampant epidemic; rampant corruption in city government.
3.
a. Rearing on the hind legs.
b. Heraldry Rearing on the left hind leg with the forelegs elevated, the right above the left, and usually with the head in profile.
4. Architecture Springing from a support or an abutment that is higher at one side than at the other: a rampant arch.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Prakash Jha's "Jai Gangaajal", a sequel to his 2003 film "Gangaajal", is a social drama which attempts to expose the rampant corruption in the police force and highlights the triumph of good over evil.
PRONOUNCE:
ram·pant - रैम्पन्ट
LINK: RAMPANT
MEANING:
1. Extending unchecked; unrestrained: a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard.
2. Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife: a rampant epidemic; rampant corruption in city government.
3.
a. Rearing on the hind legs.
b. Heraldry Rearing on the left hind leg with the forelegs elevated, the right above the left, and usually with the head in profile.
4. Architecture Springing from a support or an abutment that is higher at one side than at the other: a rampant arch.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Prakash Jha's "Jai Gangaajal", a sequel to his 2003 film "Gangaajal", is a social drama which attempts to expose the rampant corruption in the police force and highlights the triumph of good over evil.
PRONOUNCE:
ram·pant - रैम्पन्ट
LINK: RAMPANT
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