gadarene

(GAD-uh-reen)

adjective
Headlong; rash.

Etymology
After the town of Gadara in a biblical story where the demons in two possessed men asked Jesus to send them into a herd of swine. After receiving a go, the demons left the men, went into the swine and all the animals rushed violently over a cliff into water.

Usage
"Research from Greenwich Associates has identified a Gadarene rush by Japanese financial institutions into hedge funds." — John Plender; Punting, Not Hedging; Financial Times (London, UK); Sep 27, 2004.

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[from the demon-possessed Gadarene swine that rushed into the sea (Matthew 8:28)]
headlong, precipitate  <a gadarene rush to the cities>