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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amuck \A*muck"\ ([.a]*m[u^]k"), a. & adv [Malay amoq furious.]
In a frenzied and reckless manner.
{To run amuck}, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the
Malays sometimes do under the influence of ``bhang,'' and
attack every one that comes in the way to assail
recklessly and indiscriminately.
Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run
amuck, and tilt at all I meet --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
amuck
adj : in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the
soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a
berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amok}, {berserk},
{demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}]
adv 1: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught
fire the patrons ran amuck blocking the exit [syn: {amok}]
2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing
sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: {amok}, {murderously}]
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