or  amuck  n :  a murderous frenzy that has been observed chiefly among Malays
, or  amuck  adv :  in a murderously frenzied state <in certain circumstances a man runs and kills as many persons as he can before he himself is killed -A. R. Radcliffe-Brown> 
, or  amuck  adj :  possessed with or characterized by the murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy of amok <the seizure of the Malayan world -H. J. Wegrocki>  .
 
   
 
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