What does run amok mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.
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As for the bittering agent, the industry warned that it would put rats off the bait, leaving them to run amok in the nation's cities.
In a city where trends rush by faster than the downtown D train, and fashion stylist's run amok trends wait for no one.
Individuals should not be allowed to run amok insulting and using abusive language against one another.
Occasionally along comes an example of populism run amok the critics can sink their teeth into.
But the scandal of Enron's collapse is not an isolated example of a single company run amok, or even a handful of companies.
The moms sit in the kitchen drinking strong coffee and sharing pie and good conversation while the kids all run amok.

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