Australian English Meaning of ran amok

Went on a rampage

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Definitions and Meaning of ran amok in English

ran amok

possessed with or motivated by a murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy, an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures, in a violently raging, wild, or uncontrolled manner, in an undisciplined, uncontrolled, or faulty manner, in a murderously frenzied state, in a violently excited state

FAQs About the word ran amok

Went on a rampage

possessed with or motivated by a murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy, an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single i

bristled,burnt,fuming,raged,carried on,flared (up),Go crazy,made a scene,rampaged,stormed

checked,collected,composed,contained,repressed,restrained,smothered,subdued,suppressed,Choked (back)

ran along => ran along, ran after => ran after, ran across => Came across, ran (in) => ran (in), ramparts => Ramparts,