Until the teacher appeared, the children were running amok in the classroom.
Source: tatoeba (2874628)
Amok
//əˈmɒk//
Synonyms for "amok" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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Translations
19 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Czech
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Danish
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Finnish
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
German
1 entries- Amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Hebrew
1 entries- אמוק adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Indonesian
2 entries- amuk adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
- mengamuk adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Italian
1 entries- all'impazzata adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Malay
1 entries- amuk adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Occitan
1 entries- amoc adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Portuguese
1 entries- amouco adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Russian
1 entries- бе́шено adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Spanish
1 entries- desenfrenado adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Swedish
1 entries- amok adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Welsh
2 entries- fel peth gwyllt adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
- yn wyllt adv (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The inflation rate is running amok.
Source: tatoeba (10652149)
On Tuesday, police announced they had arrested more than 150 rowdy opposition supporters around the country who “ran amok” and vandalized property belonging to ruling party supporters.
Source: tatoeba (10966326)
The children are running amok all through the house.
Source: tatoeba (13404869)
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