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[ uh-muhk, uh-mok ] / əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR amok ON THESAURUS.COM
noun(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder. Idioms for amokrun / go amok. amuck (def. 3).
Origin of amokFirst recorded in 1865–70, amok is from the Malay word amuk Words nearby amokamoebiasis, amoebic, amoebic dysentery, amoebocyte, amoeboid, amok, amokura, amole, Amon, among, amongst Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for amokMoreover, they do almost nothing to address the very real privacy and security risks of corporate data exploitation run amok. App bans won’t make US security risks disappear|Amy Nordrum|September 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review Greenhouse gases have run amok and made it totally inhospitable—perhaps an extreme version of what Earth could look like in the very distant future. The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars|Neel Patel|August 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review The story was framed as an instance of lawless youth run amok – an almost unprovoked riot. How the New York Media Covered The Stonewall Riots|LGBTQ-Editor|June 23, 2020|No Straight News They had her give the weather update, and even let her mangle the word “amok.” The 6 Craziest Carrie Prejean Moments|The Daily Beast Video|November 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Placido was by this time under the influence of the amok, as the Malayists say. The Reign of Greed|Jose Rizal It is as well that the amok has no weapons other than his knife. Sjambak|John Holbrook Vance Much has been written concerning the acts of homicidal mania called amuck (amok), which word in the vernacular means to attack. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various Such is the “Amok” of the Malays—a sort of furious and imitative madness perhaps provoked at the same time by suggestion. The Races of Man|Joseph Deniker Alive, yet dead, he lay there, much as the amok Malay of fifty years before had lain upon the deck of the Silver Fleece. Cursed|George Allan England
British Dictionary definitions for amok
nouna state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays adverbrun amok to run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill Word Origin for amokC17: from Malay amoq furious assault Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to amokdesperately, excitedly, madly, wildly, uncontrollably, screwball, nuts, psycho, berserk, amiss, batty, bonkers, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic |