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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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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Jeopardy/Instagram) Goins put his hand to his head while frantically trying to think, but was unable to come up with an answer.—
Brie Stimson,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Karen declared open conflict with Mia and Jacqueline, laying out all the inconsistencies in Mia’s storytelling that leave the group frustrated while Ashley was in the back hallway frantically turning her Anastasia Beverly Hills contour stick into a semblance of five-o’-clock shadow.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adverb
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Dowdle even said that spring that the Florida Marlins had hurt the game by spending wildly in the winter of 1996-97, winning a World Series and then selling off most of their stars.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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But as has been the case with arguably the top remaining free agent on the open market throughout the winter, this situation still feels wildly fluid.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 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
Adjective
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Originally, the ominous clock measured the danger of nuclear disaster.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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The war in Ukraine risks the use of nuclear weapons at any moment.—
Juan Manuel Santos,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Amok.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amok. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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