as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
the familiar scene in horror movies where everyone runs berserk as the monster destroys everything in sight
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Recent Examples of berserk
WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
In the past year, the real-estate market has, well, gone berserk.
—Alyssa Shelasky, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2022
New York Times, 20 July 2022
Markets went berserk, there was a bond meltdown, and the country’s prime minister ultimately lost her job.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
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Adjective
The emotions that animate finance are frequently berserk.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
In the past year, the real-estate market has, well, gone berserk.
—Alyssa Shelasky, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2022
Noun
In the first scene, a chimpanzee goes berserk on the set of a sitcom, a moment of absurd, bloody terror that becomes a motif and a thematic key.
—New York Times, 20 July 2022
Markets went berserk, there was a bond meltdown, and the country’s prime minister ultimately lost her job.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
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Eight other people were injured in the incident: six by gunshot wounds and another who was trampled as the crowd frantically fled from the shots.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jurors attentively studied the video that shows officers frantically trying to revive Neely.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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Dillahunt will play modern cowboy William Macon, a self-righteous, conspiracy-minded man who masks his ruthless ambition behind a charming and calculated facade.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kate’s emerging cowboy tendencies, Trowbridge’s ruthlessness and immaturity, Eidra’s laser focus on intelligence gathering and analysis, Dennison’s rectitude, Roylin’s geopolitics-whisperer shtick — all are heightened and more immediately consequential than before.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Musk’s personal fortune swung wildly during Joe Biden’s four years in office, reaching as high as $340 billion and as low as $124 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Experts largely consider Trump Media a meme stock, meaning its share price can fluctuate wildly, with movements often not a reflection of the company’s underlying financial performance like other stocks.Derek Saul, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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With its slow-build suspense, harrowing sound editing, and the indelible sight of a towering madman in a butcher’s apron, a mask of human flesh, and the buzzing power tool of the title, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre becomes a full-body workout of fear and dread.Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Starring David Howard Thornton as the film series’ murderous madman Art the Clown, Terrifier 3, per the film’s U.K. distributor Signature Entertainment, had 11 audience members hitting the exits early at the film’s premiere inthe UK last week.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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All of it wild-caught.Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
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Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
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In a video conference call with his military leaders, the Russian president said the drills would include practice launches of nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles to simulate how officials would act in case such arms were required.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Together with other systems like David's Sling, which is designed to intercept ballistic and cruise missiles, Israel's Iron Dome is part of a nationwide missile-defense shield over the country, whose residents live under the near-constant threat of attack from its neighbors.Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
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Fonseca found Barbosa to be a showboat on Instagram, sure, but also unfailingly polite and generous.Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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Latimer attacked Bowman as a showboat who cared more about building a national profile on the far left than his district.Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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“Berserk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berserk. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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