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amok

[uh-muhk, uh-mok]

noun

  1. (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.



adjective

  1. amuck.

amok

/ əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk, əˈmʌk /

noun

  1. a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays

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adverb

  1. to run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of amok1

First recorded in 1865–70, amok is from the Malay word amuk
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of amok1

C17: from Malay amoq furious assault
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. run / go amok. amuck.

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Example Sentences

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But that all changed at about 10:00 on Tuesday when a former student ran amok at a secondary school in the Dreierschützengasse, close to the main station in Austria's second largest city.

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But that would shortchange “Severance,†which takes another run at a corporate world run amok, detailing it in ways that are far more unsettling than anything in the latest season of “Squid Game.â€

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As Google and others try to put a softer focus around technology, moviegoers are still getting plenty of stories about the dangers of robots run amok.

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It would be facile and easy to argue that this level of emotion is characteristic of their “intimate male friendship†and their shared passion run amok.

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County sheriffs for the decades is the stream of allegations about tattooed internal gangs running amok at certain stations.

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