amuck (adv.)

  1. wildly; without self-control; when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit

    [ Syn: amok , amok , amok , amok , amok , amok , amok , amok ]

  2. in a murderous frenzy; rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones

    [ Syn: amok , amok , murderously , murderously , amok , amok , murderously , murderously , amok , amok , murderously , murderously , amok , amok , murderously , murderously ]

    amuck (adj.)

  1. frenzied as if possessed by a demon; the soldier was completely amuck; berserk with grief; a berserk worker smashing windows

    [ Syn: amok , berserk , demoniac , demoniacal , possessed ]

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