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berserk

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adjective

berserk

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noun

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Recent Examples of berserk
Adjective
Dude started another fight, but this was even more berserk than the first. Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023 The emotions that animate finance are frequently berserk. WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
Noun
In the first scene, a chimpanzee goes berserk on the set of a sitcom, a moment of absurd, bloody terror that becomes a motif and a thematic key. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Markets went berserk, there was a bond meltdown, and the country’s prime minister ultimately lost her job. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for berserk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for berserk
Adverb
  • Especially not when Trump and Elon Musk are working frantically to dismantle the federal government and undermine American democracy.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In another video of the incident, people were also seen frantically rushing away from the violence.
    Bonny Chu, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • The circular cowboy print is by Charles LaSalle from the early 1900s.
    Danielle Corona, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Pretend to be a cowboy for a day and saddle up for horseback riding and then attend an award-winning Saturday night rodeo. 20.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Dara Horn; illustrated by Theo Ellsworth Norton Books for Young Readers; ages 8 and up In this wildly imagined, time-travel graphic novel, a family’s seder drags on for six long months, a plight recalled by the teenage son, the story’s protagonist.
    Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The latest iteration of the solar squabble has been fueled by California’s wildly escalating electricity prices.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
  • To most of us, the words and actions of geniuses are often indistinguishable from those of madmen.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • All of it wild-caught.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • In that time the model lineup has grown to include three distinct body styles and performance configurations that span from relatively quick to properly ballistic.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Authorities who searched the car found a ballistic helmet, night-vision goggles, respirators and ammunition, the FBI said.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Stephanie Weeks, a Black actress and director who is a frequent Target Margin collaborator, wears one of these WHITE sashes as Julie, the showboat’s leading lady, as does Edwin Joseph, playing her husband and co-star, Steve.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the factor that may have been most harmful were his relationships with fellow Republican lawmakers, who regarded him as an empty showboat willing to hurt the party to gain attention.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Berserk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berserk. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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