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['ræmpənt]прил.1) стоящий на задних лапах (о животном, изображенном на гербе; обычно о льве)2) неистовствующий, свирепствующий, необузданный; безудержно растущийInflation is rampant and industry is in decline. — Инфляция свирепствует, в промышленности спад.
Cholera was rampant among them. — Среди них свирепствовала холера.
Syn:3) буйный, пышный ( о растительности)Rich soil makes some plants too rampant. — Благодаря плодородной почве некоторые растения очень сильно разрастаются.
Syn:4) безумный, неистовый, ярый ( о человеке)Syn:5) архит. с устоями, расположенными на разных уровнях (об арке, своде)
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