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a·mok
(ə-mŭk′, ə-mŏk′) also a·muck (ə-mŭk′)adv.
1. In a frenzy to do violence or kill: rioters running amok in the streets.
2. In or into a jumbled or confused state: The plans went amok.
3. In or into an uncontrolled state or a state of extreme activity: "This jam-packed area of Honolulu has come to stand for tourist development run amok" (Ila Stanger).
adj.
Crazed with murderous frenzy: amok troops.
[Early Modern English amuck, from Malay amok, furious attack, amok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hamuk, attack.]
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amok
(əˈmʌk; əˈmɒk) oramuck
n
a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
adv
run amok to run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill
[C17: from Malay amoq furious assault]
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a•mok
(əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk)n.
1. Also, amuck. (in SE Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
adj., adv. 2. amuck.
[1865–70; < Malay amuk]
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| Adj. | 1. |  amok - frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| Adv. | 1. |  amok - wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" |
| 2. |  amok - in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones" |
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amok
amuck adverbrun amok go mad, go wild, turn violent, go berserk, lose control, go insane, go into a frenzy He was arrested after running amok with a car in the city centre.
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amuck
also amokadjective
Out of control:
Idioms: out of hand, running wild.
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Translations
يَنْدَفِع وَيَقْتُل مَن يُصَادِفَه
amokbýt stižen amokem
gå amok
tryllast, ganga berserksgang
eiti iš protoišeiti iš protopasiusti
ārprātīgās dusmāsskriet amoka skrējienā
amok
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amok
[əˈmɒk əˈmʌk] advto run amok → être pris(e) d'un accès de folie furieuse, perdre tout contrôle de soi-même
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amok
(əˈmok) amuck (əˈmak) nounrun amok / amuck to rush about madly, attacking everybody and everything: The prisoner ran amok and killed two prison officers.
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