amokadverb
also amuck uk/əˈmɒk/us/əˈmʌk/run amok
to be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner:
The soldiers ran amok after one of their senior officers was killed.
The two dogs ran amok in a school playground.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Uncontrolled
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- amuck
- cut loose idiom
- extravagant
- feral
- like mad idiom
- mad
- maniacal
- out of hand idiom
- rampant
- raw
- rebellious
- spin
- spiral
- tearaway
- unbridled
- unchecked
- uncontrollable
- unmanageable
- wildfire
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