Vocabulary
Rampant
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked
Urdu meaning
حد سے زیادہ، روزبروز بڑھتی ہوئی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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ATRIARCHAL brutality, perpetrated by society and families, remains rampant in the country.
Dawn Editorials —
Savage `honour`
— 2026-04-18
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Maybe, we should stop trying to catch up with a West that enriched itself on the resources and labour of the Global South through rampant colonisation for 300 years.
Dawn Editorials —
When the Western dream is over
— 2026-03-04
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He had been assigned to hold fresh PHF elections, but there has been no headway regarding that.There has also been little progress on the audit of the PHF, whose previous leadership is accused of rampant corruption.
Dawn Editorials —
Out on the streets
— 2026-02-21
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HE recent measures taken by the Sindh and Punjab governments to curb rampant traffic violations to ease chaotic vehicular flow in cities are commendable.
Dawn Editorials —
Traffic rules
— 2025-12-02
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At a time when gender-based violence remains rampant, especially among the married and those who don`t ignore `societal compulsions`, the principle should be reinforced that no woman invites harm by her choices.
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Needless moralising
— 2025-11-28
Synonyms
uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked, unbridled,
Antonyms
controlled, under control
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