amuck
pronunciation
How to pronounce amuck in British English:
UK [ə'mʌk]
How to pronounce amuck in American English:
US [ə'mʌk]
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- Adjective:
- in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon
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- Adverb:
- wildly; without self-control
- in a murderous frenzy
Word Origin
- amuck (adv.)
- 17c., variant of amok; treated as a muck by Dryden, Byron, etc., and defended by Fowler, who considered amok didacticism.
Example
- 1. He called it an example of globalisation run amuck .
- 2. Isthe same in the network virtual environment andthereality , various people have , various deceit technology also amuck .
- 3. Mother crab discovers , fair crab walks along a road to come is straight travel , is not to resemble general crab running amuck in that way .
- 4. Looking from the entire chinese ancient history , each dynasty last years is the most chaotic time , the independent warlords strives for hegemony , the robbers and bandits run amuck , the entire society is at the anarchy the condition .
- 5. Today you have leaders with no life experience who lead the world amuck .