"run amok" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-run amok.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs amok [present, singular, third-person], running amok [participle, present], ran amok [past], run amok [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> amok}} run amok (third-person singular simple present runs amok, present participle running amok, simple past ran amok, past participle run amok)
  1. (idiomatic) To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: amok, go berserk, go postal, run amuck Related terms: wreak havoc, get medieval (english: shares a semantic theme of going nuts violently) Translations (run amok): gå amok (Danish), riehua (Finnish), olla valtoimenaan (Finnish), perdre le contrôle (French), péter un câble [informal] (French), Amok laufen (German), παθαίνω αμόκ (pathaíno amók) (Greek), andare fuori controllo (Italian), skriet amoka skrējienā (Latvian), mengamuk (Malay), gå amok (Norwegian), a o lua razna (Romanian), обезу́меть (obezúmetʹ) [perfective] (Russian), неи́стовствовать (neístovstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бу́йствовать (bújstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), быть вне себя́ (bytʹ vne sebjá) (Russian), correr a ciegas (Spanish), enloquecerse (Spanish), löpa amok (Swedish), gå bärsärkagång (Swedish), mag-amok (Tagalog), magdilim ang paningin (Tagalog), maghuramentado (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-run_amok-en-verb-ig73i2M8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "word": "бу́йствовать"
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      "sense": "run amok",
      "word": "быть вне себя́"
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
      "word": "gå bärsärkagång"
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "run amok",
      "word": "mag-amok"
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      "sense": "run amok",
      "word": "magdilim ang paningin"
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