EGAVE

amok

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
  2. adverb In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
  3. 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.
  4. noun The act of running amok.
  5. verb Synonym of run amok.
  6. noun A kind of Southeast Asian curry steamed in banana leaves native to Cambodia.

Similar words

amuck murderously insane berserk possessed demoniac demoniacal rampaging frenzied needlessly

Often followed by

in and with through is on time among at

Word family

amoks amuck amucks ran amok ran amuck run amok run amuck running amok running amuck runs amok

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