bousculade

French

Etymology

bousculer +‎ -ade

Noun

bousculade f (plural bousculades)

bustle, crush
stampede
- Une bousculade provoquée par une rumeur d’incendie dans un cinéma a fait une victime et plusieurs blessés légers.
  A stampede in a cinema, started by a rumour of fire, killed one and caused light injuries to several others.

Further reading

“bousculade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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