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run amok

VERB
cut loose
Synonyms
WEAK
go berserk kick up one's heels let go let one's hair down run riot run wild
VERB
foam at the mouth
Synonyms
WEAK
be beside oneself be livid be pissed off froth at the mouth go berserk run mad throw a fit
VERB
rebel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
defy overthrow renounce resist revolt secede take up arms
STRONG
boycott censure combat criticize denounce disobey dissent fight mutiny oppose overturn remonstrate riot strike upset
WEAK
be insubordinate break with come out against drop out get out of line insurrect make waves opt out rise up rock the boat turn against
Antonyms
STRONGEST
comply give in obey surrender yield
STRONG
agree approve compliment endorse laud lose make peace praise sanction support
VERB
run riot
Synonyms
WEAK
carouse cut loose debauch insurge insurrect live hard mutiny revolute riot

Example Sentences

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She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The poster child for vendor financing run amok was Lucent Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Their defending has been such an abomination that Celtic, with no dependable striker but with a point to prove, could potentially run amok.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

It would be facile and easy to argue that this level of emotion is characteristic of their “intimate male friendship” and their shared passion run amok.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Their carts bang into mine, their children run amok.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich