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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adjective 1: in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {berserk}, {demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}] adverb 1: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" [syn: {amuck}] 2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: {amuck}, {murderously}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 68 Moby Thesaurus words for "amok": Dionysiac, abandoned, attack, bacchic, bellowing, berserk, carried away, convulsion, corybantic, delirious, demoniac, desperate, distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fever, fierce, fit, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, frenzy, fulminating, furious, furor, fury, haggard, hog-wild, howling, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, intoxicated, like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, murderous insanity, orgasmic, orgiastic, paroxysm, possessed, psychokinesia, rabid, rage, raging, ramping, ranting, raving, raving mad, ravished, roaring, running mad, running wild, seizure, spasm, stark-raving mad, storming, transported, uncontrollable, violent, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: |
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