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amok

adverb (also amuck)
 
 
/əˈmɒk/ US  /-ˈmʌk/

Definition

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.Uncontrolled
(Definition of amok adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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