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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
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Summer used to belong to Taylor Swift, whose annual Fourth of July party posts were more potent than kids running amok in the absence of school.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
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
Adjective
Consistently appearing on critics’ lists of the best films ever made, topping the Sight and Sound magazine directors’ list in 2022, its themes, which include the nature of man and technology run amok, appear more relevant every year.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Summer used to belong to Taylor Swift, whose annual Fourth of July party posts were more potent than kids running amok in the absence of school.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amok
Adverb
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Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under rubble in Sidoarjo, East Java, after their Islamic boarding school collapsed on them during afternoon prayers.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, her parents frantically hide the rift from their audience.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
29 Sep. 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
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Meanwhile, fresh fillets may be more expensive, whether they’re farm-raised or wild-caught.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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In the 42nd minute, having cut inside Niang, Leysen lunged wildly to try and prevent Elanga recovering the ball, but got nowhere near it and conceded a penalty (he was harshly adjudged to have handballed it during the second half for another spot kick, too).—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Designer Joe Nahem of the esteemed firm Fox-Nahem was then brought in to merge the two spaces into one wildly creative space that vibrates with color, pattern, and texture.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Given the riskier threat environment in East Asia due to China’s regional hegemonic ambitions and North Korea’s nuclear saber-rattling, Tokyo has little negotiating leverage.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Plus, Jeremiah had to still be winded by busting out that extended dance remix of his maniacal villain laugh from back on the beach.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The 8 Show For something similar with a bit more humor, The 8 Show follows a demented game show in which eight people live in an apartment and are forced to ration.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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My sudden and total exposure to this truth left me feeling demented.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Amok.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amok. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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