noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. acting rashly, running wildly, behaving recklessly, reckless driving, rampage.
  2. Engineering term.runaway (process).
  3. Baseball term.reckless baserunning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
暴走 ぼうそう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

outburst, rave, fret
ボウ あば.く バク (5th, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)