an occurrence in which a large group of frightened or excited animals or people run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something, get out of a place, etc.
a situation in which a lot of people try to do the same thing at the same time
2stampedeverb
to run away in a large group from something especially because of fear
to cause (animals) to run away in a large group
to cause (a person or a group of people) to do something suddenly and without proper thought—often used as (be) stampeded into
