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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense;
- Example: "the fighting became hot and heavy"
- Example: "a hot engagement"
- Example: "a raging battle"
- Example: "the river became a raging torrent"
[syn: hot, raging]

2. very severe;
- Example: "a raging thirst"
- Example: "a raging toothache"

3. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger;
- Example: "angry clouds on the horizon"
- Example: "furious winds"
- Example: "the raging sea"
[syn: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Raging \Ra"ging\ (r[=a]"j[i^]ng),
   a. & n. from Rage, v. i. -- Ra"ging*ly, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged (r[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Raging (r[=a]"j[i^]ng).] [OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]
   1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be
      violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged."
      --Milton.
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            When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted
            Even to falling.                      --Shak.
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            Rage, rage against the dying of the light
            Do not go gentle into that good night. --Dylan
                                                  Thomas.
      [PJC]

   2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or
      agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or
      winds.
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            Why do the heathen rage?              --Ps. ii. 1.
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            The madding wheels
            Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with
      destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in
      Cairo.
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   4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

raging
    adj 1: characterized by violent and forceful activity or
           movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and
           heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river
           became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging]
    2: very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
    3: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
       on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn:
       angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]