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Amok

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Amok meaning

Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous. | In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

Example sentences (20)

Officially classified as a psychiatric condition In 1849, amok was officially classified as a psychiatric condition based on numerous reports and case studies that showed the majority of individuals who committed amok were, in some sense, mentally ill.

A video link fail in a crown court hearing has revealed the embarrassing consequences of letting rats run amok in prison.

For a lot of us, this is a time of year when conflicting feelings run amok.

Like so many in Sadiq Khan’s London, which this week saw a machete-wielding thug running amok at Notting Hill Carnival, Assheton has had enough.

Meanwhile, back in the 1950s, a younger Shaw (Wyatt Russell) is helping scientists Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) and Billy (Anders Holm) study the giant monsters before they’re either discovered and destroyed or they run amok and eat some unfortunate extras.

Several can knock thousands off of people’s house prices if allowed to run amok, with many having the potential to grow dozens of feet out of control.

Society quickly comes tumbling down as millions of these zombies run amok, despite the government and the military’s best efforts.

They just tend to get more complex and difficult, like when technology runs amok, and anime loves its technology.

With Tears of the Kingdom dropping soon, it’s only a matter of time before ambi’s running amok in the new game, blowing everyone’s minds with insane new trick shots and stunts that could only ever take place in the wild world of Hyrule.

A teenager who brandished a Samurai sword as armed men ran amok in the street led police to crack a drugs supply chain.

Fans online took the opportunity to run amok with the clip, bringing to light once again that Rylan's real name is also Ross.

He bagged Ronald Koeman's side's equaliser and ran amok throughout the encounter.

I, for one, look forward to seeing another member of Patrick Mahomes’ family running amok on the football field.

Mom spent her childhood in Uravan, Colorado, running amok.

The maze actually runs through a laboratory, where apes operate on humans, visitors duck through hallways of hanging body bags, and zombies run amok.

What's more terrifying than an invincible homicidal clown running amok on Halloween?

When building your PC, one of the most time consuming tasks is making the cables neat and tidy, rather than having a rat's nest of wires run amok in your rig.

According to the police, the tractor on its way to the mandal headquarters suddenly jumped the road and ran amok towards the shop, mowing down an elderly man, and knocking down two others, who were waiting at the spot after ordering tea.

A court that would validate election theft is a court run amok.

An elephant reportedly ran amok in its enclosure in Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) without following the instructions of the animal keeper on Sunday, giving a hard time to the officials.