Amok Definition

əmuk, əmäk
adjective
To rush about in a frenzy to kill.
Webster's New World
To lose control of oneself and behave outrageously or violently.
Webster's New World
To become wild or undisciplined.
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Amok means a person or thing committing murder or violent acts while in a crazed state of mind.
When a rapid dog begins biting its owner, it is an example of something being amok.
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adverb
The definition of amok is the action of murder or violence by a person in a crazed state of mind.
An example of something going amok is when during the L.A. riots people rampaged stores, killed civilians, and started fires.
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Amok is defined as a person or thing out of control, or defective.
An example of amok is when children are in a store, and they begin screaming and running about.
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Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.

Wiktionary

In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

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noun
Amok is an act by a person or group of people involving a crazed state of mind.
An example of an amok is when a group of people in Malaysia get together and go crazy murdering other people.
YourDictionary
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.
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Other Word Forms of Amok

Noun

Singular:
amok
Plural:
amoks

Origin of Amok

  • From Dutch, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).

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Amok Sentence Examples

  • The children were running amok when their teacher stepped away from the classroom.

  • Police officers from the neighboring city were called in to restore order after rioters ran amok in the streets.

  • Whe the robot started going amok and could not be controlled, the engineers realized they had made a terrible mistake in the programming.

  • She does not let the kids have sugar after dinner because they would run amok at bedtime.

  • Disciplinarian. I don't let them run amok and follow their feelings.

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