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amok::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | amuck |
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| Synonyms | amuck, murderously |
Examples of amok
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There, however, are real signs that the Department bureaucrats are running amok.
From the infowars.com
Mercury runs amok in airy-fairy Pisces just as the mad moon blitzes fussy Virgo.
From the sfgate.com
Romney is striking themes of loss, of national ruin, of regulators running amok.
From the guardian.co.uk
Conservatives slammed the firing as a case of political sensitivities run amok.
From the sfgate.com
In Hodgkin's Eden, the plants have been uprooted and the serpent slithers amok.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's the Lake Wobegon syndrome run amok in half-empty stadiums across our land.
From the sacbee.com
The Wildcat Coal Lodge is a great example of socialism run amok in our fair city.
From the kentucky.com
Skeptics can draw from plenty of examples of social media experiments run amok.
From the businessweek.com
Pigs, another pakeha introduction, have run amok here since Cook released them.
From the latimes.com
- Wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
- Amuck: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
- In a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
- Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok (also spelled amuck or amuk, from the Malay meaning "mad with uncontrollable rage" is a term for a killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment.
- Amok is a 1944 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Antonio Momplet and starring Maru00EDa Fu00E9lix and Juliu00E1n Soler. The film is based on the novel Der Amoklaufer by author Stefan Zweig.
- Amok is the first full-length album by Elephant Six musician The Late B.P. Helium. It was released in 2004 on Orange Twin Records.
- In South-East Asian cuisine, "mok" or "amok" refers to the process of steam cooking a curry in banana leaves, or to the resulting dish. Thick coconut gravy and galangal are classic ingredients, added to a wide range of possible kinds of leaves and staple ingredients. ...
- Amok is the third album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. It is also the last album with Taneli Jarva. The album was released through Century Media Records in 1995. It showed further departure from the band's early death metal stylings.
- Amok is a well-known novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig.
