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Amok

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Adjective

1. amok, amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed

frenzied as if possessed by a demon

Example Sentences:
'the soldier was completely amuck'
'berserk with grief'
'a berserk worker smashing windows'

Adverb

2. amok, amuck

wildly; without self-control

Example Sentences:
'when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit'

3. amok, amuck, murderously

in a murderous frenzy

Example Sentences:
'rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Amok

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noun
1. 
a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
adverb
2.  run amok

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Amok

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adjective, adverb
in a frenzy; in a violent rage

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Amok

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adv.
1. In a frenzy to do violence or kill: rioters running amok in the streets.
2. In or into a jumbled or confused state: The plans went amok.
3. In or into an uncontrolled state or a state of extreme activity: "This jam-packed area of Honolulu has come to stand for tourist development run amok" (Ila Stanger).
adj.
Crazed with murderous frenzy: amok troops.

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