amok

• (s) frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  • the soldier was completely amuck
  • berserk with grief
  • a berserk worker smashing windows
  amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed,
• (r) wildly; without self-control
  • when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit
  amuck,
• (r) in a murderous frenzy
  • rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
  amuck, murderously,

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