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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
Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
That is, a non-central process that allows the immune system to strike a delicate balance between being appropriately responsive and aggressive toward intruding germs or foreign dangers while also not running amok.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
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Adverb
Obama let Iran run amok; Trump let Iran know who’s boss.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
That is, a non-central process that allows the immune system to strike a delicate balance between being appropriately responsive and aggressive toward intruding germs or foreign dangers while also not running amok.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 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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The phone logs show Goudreau frantically trying to get Denman and Berry out safely.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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When Marissa runs through her house, frantically searching for Milo, the scene doubles as a tour of the Irvines’ palatial lakefront home as captured by directors Minkie Spiro and Kate Dennis.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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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
Adverb
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Get to Know Erika Council Erika Council, a chef, author, and the owner of Atlanta’s wildly popular Bomb Biscuit Company, stopped by the Southern Living offices to do this interview in person.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Patti Smith wrote a new reflection on her life, a follow up to her other wildly popular memoirs, ten years in the making.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Iran is facing its worst drought in decades, raising fears of evacuations in Tehran while threatening the regime’s stability and nuclear ambitions, according to a leading environmental expert.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The researcher’s test simulated a scenario in which 62 kilograms of TNT detonated and dispersed one kilogram of weapons-grade plutonium – a highly dangerous material used in nuclear warheads.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador, in the very place that inspired Charles Darwin’s seminal theory of evolution, a wild-growing species appears to have hit rewind.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Lamb's Quarters Lamb's quarters is a wild-growing green that's very high in calcium.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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What's even more disturbing is that the maniacal killer's mask is made of human skin, giving him the nickname Leatherface among horror fans.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Huet succeeds in humanizing Daedone, who had an abusive father and a punishing childhood, and whose motivations come to seem understandable, if maniacal.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wild at Heart is sort of a demented take on The Wizard of Oz.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Episode one will guide viewers through the demented island of Tormentosa, found off the coast of Hispaña.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Amok.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amok. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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