Amok Definition

əmuk, əmäk
adjective
To rush about in a frenzy to kill.
Webster's New World
To lose control of oneself and behave outrageously or violently.
Webster's New World
To become wild or undisciplined.
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adverb

Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.

Wiktionary

In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

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Synonyms:
noun
One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
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Other Word Forms of Amok

Noun

Singular:
amok
Plural:
amoks

Origin of Amok

  • From Dutch, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).

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Amok Sentence Examples

  • The children were running amok when their teacher stepped away from the classroom.

  • Police officers from the neighboring city were called in to restore order after rioters ran amok in the streets.

  • Whe the robot started going amok and could not be controlled, the engineers realized they had made a terrible mistake in the programming.

  • She does not let the kids have sugar after dinner because they would run amok at bedtime.

  • As the English phrase "running amok" implies, the syndrome is characterized by sudden outbursts of indiscriminate aggression or murderous rage that are completely unprovoked or that are triggered by trivial slights.

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