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Raging

adjective

Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. Synonym: hot. "A hot engagement" , "A raging battle" , "The river became a raging torrent"

Very severe. "A raging toothache"

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger. Synonyms: angry, furious, tempestuous, wild. "Furious winds" , "The raging sea"

Rage

verb

(past & past part. raged; pres. part. raging)

Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. Synonyms: ramp, storm.

Be violent; as of fires and storms.

Feel intense anger.

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"Raging" Quotes from Famous Books

... among vast billows stood, Scorning loud winds and the wild raging flood, And firm remaining, all the force defies, From the grim threatening seas ...

— The Mystic Will • Charles Godfrey Leland

... royal chieftains' sight Falls on the thief who roams by night, Thou wilt not, tyrant, live one hour Though backed by all thy legions' power. Ne'er can thy puny strength sustain The tempest of their arrowy rain: Have e'er the trembling birds withstood The wild flames raging in the wood? Hear me, O Ravan, let me go, And save thy soul from coming woe. Or if thou wilt not set me free, Wroth for this insult done to me. With his brave brother's aid my lord Against thy life will raise his sword. A guilty hope inflames ...

— The Ramayana • VALMIKI

... last; the rush of the white water knocked me to my knees, and I floundered and would have measured my length except for my hands on the fixed rope. Buck Kendricks grabbed at me, letting go the rope to do it, and I swore at him, raging, while we got on our feet again and braced ourselves against the onrushing current. While we struggled in the pounding waters, I admitted to myself; we could never have crossed without the rope Kyla had risked her ...

— The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... stood, still in her nightcap, at the door of her own chamber. "It's something about Rosa Elsworthy, ma'am," said Sarah; "she's gone off with some one, which nothing else was to be expected; and her uncle's been a-raving and a-raging at Mr Wentworth, which proves as a gentleman should never take no notice of them shop-girls. I always heard as she ...

— The Perpetual Curate • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

... Could the future have opened before his wish never so little, how soon would his restless, raging emotions have become ...

— Barbara's Heritage - Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters • Deristhe L. Hoyt

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