Sentence example with the word 'amok'

amok

abandoned, convulsion, ecstatic, fit, furious, hysterical, madding, orgiastic, raging, roaring, storming, wild-looking

Definition adv. wildly

Last update: February 7, 2016


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The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran amok in the department store.   [adverb]

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The elephant got amok and so it was shot dead.   [adverb]

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It was formerly believed that these outbursts were to be attributed to madness pur et simple, and some cases of amok can certainly be traced to this source.   [Please select]

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