adjective
- Frenzied as if possessed by a demon.
- usage: "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
- synonyms: amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed
adverb
- Wildly; without self-control.
- usage: "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
- synonyms: amok
- In a murderous frenzy.
- usage: "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
- synonyms: amok, murderously
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