0 past simple and past participle of stampede --
1 When animals or people stampede, they all move quickly in the same direction, often because they are frightened: --
In these circumstances, the men were dragooned and stampeded into taking strike action.
We should not be stampeded by what might be temporary scares.
When dealing with civil liberties, we should not be so ready to be stampeded.
He has let things go and then stampeded.
Take the case which happened this year of cattle being stampeded by low-flying aircraft.
It is important that they should not be stampeded.
Some of us refuse to be stampeded in this matter.
The mark is that he has not thought about the subject before, otherwise he would not have to consider stampeding or being stampeded.
