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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hot, ragingadjective

    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"

  2. ragingadjective

    very severe

    "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"

  3. angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wildadjective

    (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

    "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

Wiktionary

  1. ragingadjective

    Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

  2. ragingadjective

    Extremely aroused, rock hard, long lasting, insatiable

ChatGPT

  1. raging

    Raging refers to showing or expressing a violent or uncontrolled action, feeling or behavior, usually connected with anger, excitement or other intense emotions. It can also refer to something that is continuing intensely or with force, such as a raging storm or a raging fire.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Raging

    of Rage

  2. Raging

    a. & n. from Rage, v. i

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of raging in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of raging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of raging in a Sentence

  1. Paula Riggs:

    We're still in the middle of a raging and rising opioid epidemic in this country, and kids younger and younger are getting into it, and the fentanyl is just -- well, it's literally killing them.

  2. Brian Mason:

    If this case is not dismissed, your honor, it's going to throw a monkey wrench into the gears of federalism. It will throw gasoline on the ideological fires that are already raging out of control in this country.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    I say to those who are delaying action on climate change: look at the blood-red sky and unbreathable air in Australia because of raging forest fires.

  4. Heino Klinck:

    I'm personally not optimistic that now is a realistic time for [negotiations], because the Russians obviously are not interested in any type of cooperative negotiations with us while war is raging in Ukraine, i don't think we would even want to broach anything that smacks of any kind of cooperation with the Russians.

  5. National Weather Service:

    Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

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