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Meaning of amok

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  amok
      adv 1: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught
             fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" [syn:
             {amok}, {amuck}]
      2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing
         sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: {amok}, {amuck},
         {murderously}]
      adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
             completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk
             worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {amok},
             {berserk}, {demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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