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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
berserk
    adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
           completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk
           worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok,
           berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
    n 1: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working
         themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with
         reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker,
         berserk]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Berserk \Ber"serk\, Berserker \Ber"serk*er\, n. [Icel.
   berserkr.]
   1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who
      fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked,
      regardless of wounds. --Longfellow.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Berserk \Ber*serk"\ (b[~e]r*s[~e]rk"; b[~e]r*z[~e]rk";
   b[~e]r"s[~e]rk) a. [See berserk, n.]
   frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.
   [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for Berserk:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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