amuck

[ US /əˈmək/ ]
[ UK /ɐmˈʌk/ ]

ADJECTIVE

wildly frenzied and out of control
the soldier was completely amuck
berserk with grief
a berserk worker smashing windows

ADVERB

in a murderous frenzy
rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
wildly; without self-control
when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit

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How To Use amuck In A Sentence

And you see corporate crime running amuck with very limited enforcement resources.
Whatever its origins, we are in danger today of utter destruction by a virulent virus identified as a cancerous self-interest run amuck. OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion
In the time that amuck in pilfer edition, this is an impossible task almost.
You can get those English high-muckamucks by mail for two bucks apiece, suggested Sidney Finkelstein. Chapter 29
Being parents, you should educate your son not to run amuck.
rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
We live in a democracy case the big muckamucks hadn't noticed. The bailout fails!
The muckamuck was nowhere to be seen, though its fearmonger had come to rest in a rosebush. Asimov's Science Fiction
Now Wyrzbowski could see the muckamuck, resplendent in the egg-sack slime of its body suit, wielding its red fearmonger while flunkies covered its spindle-shanked ass. Asimov's Science Fiction
In no minute did the sea run amuck.