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    amok - Dictionary definition and meaning for word amok

    Definition
    (adj) frenzied as if possessed by a demon
    Example Sentence
    • the soldier was completely amuck
    • berserk with grief
    • a berserk worker smashing windows
    Definition
    (adv) wildly; without self-control
    Synonyms : amuck
    Example Sentence
    • when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit
    Definition
    (adv) in a murderous frenzy
    Synonyms : amuck , murderously
    Example Sentence
    • rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
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In the mock GRE test thousands of students ran amok for the top percentile.

amok or amuck-->a mock...if somebody mocks you will be in rage

amok... imagine a mock of ppl who r protesting against something..so they'll be in rage n anger..

it is pronounced like SMOKE ,n now i will memorise it as during RAGGING ou seniors used to force us to SMOKE.

Remember the movie "Hocus Pocus" when Winifred says, "Halloween is a night of frolic where children wear costumes and run amok!" Then Sarah says, "Amok, amok, amok, amok, amok.." And Winifred punches Sarah in the stomach.

A-Mob ; mob means a crowd of people that cause trouble

a-mok:(a) usually means without so amok is without mockery you are not playing/joking you are in rage.

Students often succumb to FRENZIED cramming before A-MOcK test

AMOK = a + moka; A slap on your face by don;

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