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Antonyms for amok
əˈmʌk, əˈmɒkamok

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  1. amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)adverb

    frenzied as if possessed by a demon

    "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"

    Antonyms:
    sane

  2. amok, amuckadverb

    wildly; without self-control

    "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"

    Antonyms:
    sane

    Synonyms:
    amuck, murderously

  3. amok, amuck, murderouslyadverb

    in a murderous frenzy

    "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"

    Antonyms:
    sane

    Synonyms:
    amuck, murderously

How to use amok in a sentence?

  1. Jeb Bush on Tuesday:

    Washington has run amok. This President particularly has put it in hyper, overdrive -- the regulatory climate -- because he doesn't want to interact with elected officials. He wants to do things by executive order.

  2. Darrell Issa:

    The Biden Administration’s clear consideration to ban an appliance used by more than 40 million homes and 76 percent of restaurants is worse than Green New Deal-style regulation run amok, it is a preposterous overreach of federal power that would deny Americans a necessary product they use every day.

  3. Bruce Patterson:

    With COVID-19, we have a virus thats running amok in the human population. It originated in a horseshoe bat in China. There are 25 or 30 species of horseshoe bats in China, and no one can determine which one was involved. We owe it to ourselves to learn more about them and their relatives.

  4. Charles Jung:

    I see this frustration with the direction of the party, asian Americans feel like Democrats are focused on the wrong things, that they’ve let ideology run amok. If Democrats don’t redouble their efforts to focus on core Democratic issues, they will lose people of color over time.

  5. Denise Shirhall:

    Theyre running amok, if they were my kids, Id pop their hand.

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