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/ɹˈeɪdʒɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈɹeɪdʒɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪdʒɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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very severe
a raging thirst
a raging toothache -
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
a hot engagement
a raging battle
the fighting became hot and heavy
the river became a raging torrent -
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
furious winds
angry clouds on the horizon
the raging sea
How To Use raging In A Sentence
- I admire the inventiveness, and while not everything is a raging success, there's a lot to like.
- The foraging bee, if alive after its visit to the beautiful white flowers of almonds, for example, laden with invisible spheres of asphyxiating gas, would be bringing back to its home pollen and nectar mixed with parathion. Honeybees in Danger
- Lezinka, a boisterous dance in a raging tempo, drums ablaze, that is popular in the The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- Although she enjoys the aesthetic value of wild flowers, her reason for encouraging their widespread growth is principally scientific.
- The report says of its figures: "The rising number of notifications in NSW is encouraging and suggests that our safety culture is robust. Which Hospitals Perform Best? If Only We Knew | Impact Lab
- Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down. Mark Klempner: Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul
- A third-party group headed by a GOP operative is out with a new Nevada ad spot encouraging Latinos in the state not to cast votes in this year's midterm elections. GOP-Linked 'Latinos For Reform' Airs Nevada Ads Urging Hispanics Not To Vote (VIDEO)
- In her new role she will help to develop the midwives' public health role, with increased support for breastfeeding and encouraging mothers-to-be to stop smoking.
- An encouraging aspect was that each of the three new caps in the squad contributed to the victory.
- That lesson has been read as an encouraging one. The Times Literary Supplement