variants
or amuck
as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
returned to the classroom to find an escaped snake and her students running amok
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or amuck
as in berserk
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Recent Examples of amok
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Yours, Vocation: Location Dear Vocation: Location, Your ability to see cinematic potential everywhere is a gift—but one that’s running amok.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
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Adverb
Newport ’65 was really a Thanksgiving dinner gone amok, in which the prodigal son and the father and several uncles and others are fighting.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Yours, Vocation: Location Dear Vocation: Location, Your ability to see cinematic potential everywhere is a gift—but one that’s running amok.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Wyatt Russell has been terrific as this avatar of male insecurity run wildly amok, but the script isn’t always doing him favors.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amok
Adverb
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While the rest of the globe frantically fetishized growth targets, Bhutan shunned opportunities to monetize its considerable natural resources—including lumber, coal, and minerals—that would have come at the expense of the environment.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The aviation industry is frantically searching for scalable solutions.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Disney Beyond that, Disney films also had a berserk sense of spectacle and showmanship that distinguished them.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 July 2024
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Which, of course, drove the audience completely berserk.—
Chris Richards,
Washington Post,
19 Nov. 2023
Adverb
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All of it wild-caught.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
orlandosentinel.com,
14 Aug. 2020
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Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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At first glance, Torres’ debut film seems like a quirky, millennial visual feast about a desperate El Salvadorian and a maniac artist.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Mar. 2024
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With support from Dan Campbell, the Lions’ wildly popular head coach, Detroit Army’s apparel has emerged as an unlikely alternative to the team’s licensed gear.—
Scott Cacciola,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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If the main trunk of the jade has gotten wildly overgrown and is flopping over under its own weight, lop it off.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Here, a young fisherman washes up on a mysterious island, only to be captured by a deranged captain who is hunted by a dark hungry beast.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2023
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Monday’s murder of six people, including three 9-year-olds, by a deranged attacker at a Christian primary school in Nashville is another sign of mental illness unleashed.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
29 Mar. 2023
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Would the models be transferred to government hardware that was secure enough to test for their knowledge of classified information, like nuclear secrets or details of dangerous bioweapons?—
Billy Perrigo,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The subsequent permit for the nuclear tech will need to come from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Amok.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amok. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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