rage (ANGER) noun
 (a period of) extreme or violent anger
 Her sudden towering rages were hard to understand. [C]
 I was frightened because I had never seen him in such a rage before. [C]
 She reacted with rage to his suggestion. [U]

 DATED This hairstyle is (all) the rage (=very popular at the moment).

 rage  verb [I usually + adv/prep]
 He raged at (=spoke angrily to) us for forgetting to order a replacement.

 To rage is also to happen in strong or violent way.
 The storm raged outside/raged around us.
 A flu epidemic is raging in/through local schools.
 The argument rages on (=continues strongly).

 raging  adjective [not gradable]
 Raging means very severe or extreme.
 a raging toothache
 a raging thirst
 a raging bore
 He's got a raging (=high) temperature.

 Raging also means very strong or violent.
 a raging temper
 The rains had turned the stream into a raging torrent.
 We got caught in a raging storm.