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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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Recent Examples of amok
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
And the obsequious fealty shown to him by the Republican Party reinforces why a president running amok should never have this much power again.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
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Adverb
But also the trolls who run amok without guardrails or moderation.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
And the obsequious fealty shown to him by the Republican Party reinforces why a president running amok should never have this much power again.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
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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For a time, all is chaos, the men frantically running, apparently without direction or strategy.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Mothers frantically scoured aisles in search of posterboard and other supplies for big class projects.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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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Based on Roth’s fictitious trailer of the same name that appeared in Grindhouse (2007), Thanksgiving takes place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where a masked maniac terrorizes the residents one year after a Black Friday riot ended in tragedy.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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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
Adverb
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Including: a Hitchcockian crime feature with high-fashion sensibilities, a culinary film that critiques perfectionism in a manner that would make Whiplash proud, and a wildly underrated psychological thriller with one of the most demented performances in recent memory.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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This new technology proved wildly popular, and by the end of 2000 the number of movies available to buy on DVD had grown to over 10,000.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
16 May 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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Iran insists its nuclear activities are for civilian energy purposes only.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Arms control advocate Yet Garwin was also a longtime advocate of nuclear arms control and ultimately of nuclear disarmament.—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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“Amok.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amok. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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