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
Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
The bounce is outrageous, the handclaps are berserk, and Myaap is as restless as ever, even rapping through the soaring chorus when most would just use it as a breather.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
This annual meteor shower tends to go berserk every 33 years, but sadly, the next bonanza isn't due until 2032-33, according to Sky At Night.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Adverb
Which, of course, drove the audience completely berserk.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
The bounce is outrageous, the handclaps are berserk, and Myaap is as restless as ever, even rapping through the soaring chorus when most would just use it as a breather.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
Adjective
There’s an arming-up montage in which every regular person stranded on a cursed island filled with undead is suddenly a tactical weapons expert, and that leads into a berserker sequence featuring actual game footage cut into the movie.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
This annual meteor shower tends to go berserk every 33 years, but sadly, the next bonanza isn't due until 2032-33, according to Sky At Night.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for berserk
Adverb
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Some residents frantically emptied out their places, not knowing their next move.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dickinson took a regular shift in the third period as the Sharks frantically tried to tie the game.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of having heavy electronic goggles sticking out from the wearer's face and pulling on the neck like a lever, the optics are integrated into the ballistic helmet along with acoustic and radio frequency sensors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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Officers arrived and recovered ballistic evidence and took witness statements confirming a shooting had happened, according to the CPD.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The album cover shows Ponthier in a red cowboy outfit walking into a dive bar, accompanied by a green-skinned alien version of themselves.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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Buck Mason’s Loomstate selvedge cowboy cut jeans have a higher rise than the standard fit, giving you a more Western style.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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What Pete Alonso wants and what Pete Alonso gets have already proven to be wildly different once before.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The film’s postscript points out that, despite the label’s extreme skepticism, Nebraska went on to become wildly successful.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Its abstraction feels less evasive than connective, demanding engagement with the core fear rather than the distraction of specifics; the threat can no longer be imagined as some specific other — some other government, some other madman.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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During one of the harrowing trips, 11-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) learns from his father, Jamie (Taylor-Johnson), of the location of a strange doctor named Kelson (Fiennes), but warns his son to stay away from the madman.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Lamb's Quarters Lamb's quarters is a wild-growing green that's very high in calcium.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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And as Bigelow reminds us, with the president having final and sole authority for any kind of nuclear launch.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Under Georgian law, buying, transporting or selling nuclear or radioactive material is punishable by up to five years in prison and seizing a nuclear material can lead to a sentence of up to 10 years.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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It’s often served over top of spaghetti with a cloud of shredded Cheddar, or on a hot dog.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hoshoryu feeds Onosato a hot dog near the Houses of Parliament.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Berserk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berserk. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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