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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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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Some are stockpiling ingredients, while others are frantically seeking alternative suppliers.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 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
Adverb
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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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Just 18 P900s will be built, and the wild-looking hypercar will cost $3 million.—
Caleb Miller,
Car and Driver,
30 Nov. 2022
Adverb
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On the ground in Wedgewood Houston, a tiny bird fought an army of enclosing fire ants, wildly kicking and flailing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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Atom’s order to alter Nibs’ memory seems wildly shortsighted, if the plan was to keep her around the other hybrids.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sydney Reuters — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday that the United States would be able to use planned defense facilities in Western Australia to help deliver submarines under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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The nuclear bombers that flew to Poland around close to their airspace, and then these strikes up in the Arctic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bone Cancer Bone cancer develops when abnormal cells multiply and grow uncontrollably, forming a tumor in the bone.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The highlight of the maze was the children’s bedroom scene with moving furniture and a maniacal clown sliding out from underneath the bed.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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Wisecracking, cackling mini-maniac Teddy was the daredevil of the group.—
Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The character Kracht sets off on a sentimental road trip with his demented, aging mother, who is also addicted to both drugs and alcohol.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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Here, portrayed by a wonderfully demented Nicholas Hoult, Luthor contains unmistakable echoes of figures like Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, men whose bearing or mien don’t quite sit within the same reality as the rest of us and are consequently bent on bending that reality to their image.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Amok.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amok. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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