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单词 run amok
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If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
Synonyms: go wild, turn violent, go berserk, lose control More Synonyms of run amok
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run amok in British English

to run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill
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run amok in American English

or go amok
1. 
to rush about in a frenzy to kill
2. 
to lose control of oneself and behave outrageously or violently
3. 
to become wild or undisciplined
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Examples of 'run amok' in a sentence
run amok

There have been too many Hollywood films about robots running amok.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In fact, some mints are so vigorous that people worry about them running amok.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
 Now both could run amok.
The Sun (2015)

Synonyms of 'run amok'

go wild, go mad, turn violent, go berserk
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(idiom) 
Definition
to run about in a violent frenzy
He was arrested after running amok in the city centre.
Synonyms
go wild
turn violent
go berserk
lose control
go into a frenzy
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Nearby words of
run amok

  • run across something or someone
  • run after something or someone
  • run along
  • run amok
  • run away
  • run away with something or someone
  • run down

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