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a·mok

(ă-mok'),
1. A culture-bound mental disorder originally observed in Malaya in which the subject becomes dangerously maniacal ("running amok").
2. Colloquialism denoting maniacal, wild, or uncontrolled behavior threatening injury to others. Synonym(s): amuck
[Mayal, amoq, engaged in battle]
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a·mok

, amuck (ă-mŭk)
1. A culture-bound mental disorder originally observed in Malaysia in which the subject becomes dangerously maniacal ("running amok").
2. Colloquialism denoting maniacal, wild, or uncontrolled behavior threatening injury to others.
[Mayal, amoq, engaged in battle]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

amok

A form of homicidal mania featuring extreme agitation and the attempt to kill as many people as possible. The attack is said to be followed by loss of memory for the event (AMNESIA). Amok was originally described as occurring among Malayan men armed with parangs. The modern form, which is far from unknown in the West, is more likely to feature a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.
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In 1663 the word amok was set into dictionaries as the idea of `a frenzied Malay'.
Tagayan and Ismael were reportedly on duty at the detachment in Barangay Kapatagan Grande when their colleague, Cafgu member Faisal Alam ran amok and shot them using his M16 riffle and escaped.
'Don't wait until the Malays run amok. But if our warning goes unheeded, Umno and PAS will unite.
Mengly's requirement is that preparation is simple and quick - a parameter that excludes the commonly served amok, which in reality is more of a 'once a month' or 'once a year' dish for most Cambodians, as the preparation takes a full day of work and two hours of cooking.
"You were running amok causing real alarm," said Judge Parry.
prompted thugs amok the Old and jurors When police closed in on the vehicle, a marksman, who thought Duggan likely to shoot, got in first.
Tim Kretschmer, 17, logged into the US-based chatroom a few hours before running amok with a 9mm pistol.
I despise the lunatics behind the human rights law, which is a licence for brainless vermin to run amok. For the benefit of the human rights brigade the vermin who are running amok in our country today will never change their ways under the present Laurel & Hardy style of law.
Within the gay community, perhaps some of the reasons we are having a failure communicating successful HIV prevention are due to political correctness run amok. For example, the inappropriateness of a lesbian running GMHC is glaring.
GREAT to see a fellow professional springing to the defence of the West Brom players who ran amok with a fire extinguisher in a pounds 300-a-night Dubai hotel.
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