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amuck::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amok |
when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amok, murderously |
rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones.
Examples of amuck
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In the US free market economists unleashed avarice and permitted it to run amuck.
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The FTC has come to epitomize all the problems of Government regulation run amuck.
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Those days are gone, obliterated by term limits and an initiative system run amuck.
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He wants to make it clear there's no worry that the reovirus could run amuck.
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Surface tension inside the cup keeps the coffee from floating out and running amuck.
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I cannot see any good reason for encouraging it to run amuck in Lake Apopka.
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If the blimp can run amuck, even in fantasy, what is there left that we can rely on?
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Fertilizations run amuck, while the dying plead to be disconnected from life support.
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Slot sized reds are running in the inlet, and big jacks are running amuck.
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- Amok: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
- Frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
- Amok: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
- In a frantic or frenzied and violent manner; in a confused, jumbled or uncontrolled state
