as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas
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Recent Examples of delirium
And 19-year-old Tom Watson completed Sunderland’s unlikely comeback deep into injury-time, propelling one of English soccer’s most historic clubs back into the Premier League for the first time since 2017 and sending its fans inside Wembley Stadium into delirium.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
This unusual encounter throws the young man into a dizzying delirium, disrupting his blossoming romance with Rita.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Laurie Whitwell has captured the delirium of their run (and reminded me of the relevance of Haji Wright’s toenail).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Machover’s score for 15 instruments is its own complex delirium.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
This unusual encounter throws the young man into a dizzying delirium, disrupting his blossoming romance with Rita.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Laurie Whitwell has captured the delirium of their run (and reminded me of the relevance of Haji Wright’s toenail).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Machover’s score for 15 instruments is its own complex delirium.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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Another trait often ascribed to footballers is courage — the kind that enables them to put their head into a frenzy of flying boots, or take a decisive penalty when thousands are willing them to fail.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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That one came down to a late penalty and sent the French crowd into a frenzy.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district of Akihabara in 2018.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Jurors entered their third week Monday deliberating the fate of Carlos Reales Dominguez, the former UC Davis student accused in a 2023 knife rampage that killed two men in Davis and nearly killed a woman experiencing homelessness.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2025
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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