Amuck

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In a frenzy to do violence or kill: rioters running amuck in the streets.
  • ad. In or into a jumbled or confused state: The plans went amuck.
  • ad. 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: amuck troops.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. In a frantic or frenzied and violent manner; in a confused, jumbled or uncontrolled state.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective-and-adverb. In a frenzied and reckless manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Literally, in a state of murderous frenzy; indiscriminately slaughtering or killing: a term used in the Eastern Archipelago.
  • Hence — To proceed in a blind, headstrong manner, careless of consequences, which are most likely to be disastrous.
  • [Sometimes written in two words, and treated as a noun with the indefinite article.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  • ad. in a murderous frenzy
  • ad. wildly; without self-control
  • Equivalent
    insane   
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