wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught
fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" Synonym(s):amok, amuck
in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones" Synonym(s):amok, amuck, murderously
adj
frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" Synonym(s):amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: