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verb show great anger ADV. inwardly PREP. about She was still raging about the treatment she had received. | against I raged inwardly against his injustice. | at The team was left raging at the referee's decision. continue with great force ADV. still, on The argument still rages on. PREP. around Even the dogs were quiet while the heated quarrel raged around them. | within trying to control the fury raging within her PHRASES rage unabated The storm raged unabated., noun great anger ADJ. blind, cold, icy, pure | helpless, impotent burning with impotent rage | pent-up, suppressed QUANT. fit, burst He punched the wall in a fit of rage. VERB + RAGE be beside yourself with, be boiling/burning with, be choked with, be filled with, be full of, be purple/red/white with, be rigid/stiff with, be shaking/trembling with, feel, seethe with He glared at me, quite beside himself with rage. ‘How dare you!’ she said, her voice choked with rage. | vent The people vented their rage on government buildings. | control, master He managed to master his rage. RAGE + VERB build up She felt the rage building up inside her. | erupt His rage suddenly erupted. | subside His rage was beginning to subside. PREP. with ~ She was speechless with rage. | ~ at boiling with rage at the unfairness of it all PHRASES a bellow/cry/roar/shout of rage He gave a roar of rage and punched me in the face. | tears of rage sudden display of great anger ADJ. blind, terrible, towering | jealous | drunken She smashed up his car in a drunken rage. VERB + RAGE be in, fly into, get in If something's too difficult she gets in a rage. PREP. in a ~ She killed him in a rage of despair. | ~ about He was in a towering rage about his lost watch. | ~ at He flew into a rage at the insult. | ~ of He left in a rage of humiliation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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rage
verbs
shake/tremble with rage
• His wife was shaking with rage.
seethe with rage
• The injustice of it made Melissa seethe with rage.
cry with rage
• I was crying with rage and frustration.
explode with rage
( also fly into a rage ) (= suddenly become very angry )
• She knew her father would explode with rage if he found out.
phrases
be in a rage
• Moran was in a rage about some tools that had been left out in the rain.
be speechless with rage
• Speechless with rage, he hurled the letter in the fire before storming out.
be beside yourself with rage
(= be so angry that you cannot control yourself )
• They had been publicly humiliated and were beside themselves with rage.
be incandescent with rage
formal (= be extremely angry )
• The Queen was incandescent with rage.
be white with rage
• I could see she was white with rage.
somebody's face is dark/red/purple with rage
• His face went purple with rage.
somebody's face is twisted/contorted with rage
• Mike's usually calm face was contorted with rage.
a fit of rage
• In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage
• She remembered his cries of rage as he was taken away.
tears of rage
• Her eyes were now full of tears of rage.
adjectives
a jealous rage
• He killed his wife in a jealous rage.
a drunken rage
• He smashed up his former girlfriend's car in a drunken rage.
a blind/uncontrollable rage
(= extreme uncontrolled anger that makes someone violent )
• He lashed out in a blind rage.
murderous rage
(= anger that makes someone capable of murder )
• Captain Black was in a murderous rage.
a towering rage
(= extremely angry )
• He was in a towering rage.
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