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Berserker

In the Old Norse written corpus, berserker were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning "furiously violent or out of control"). Berserkers are attested to in numerous Old Norse sources.
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Berserk

Out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied
A man went berserk with an arsenal of guns
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Berserker

One of a band of ancient Norse warriors legendary for their savagery and reckless frenzy in battle.
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Berserk

Destructively or frenetically violent
A berserk worker who started smashing all the windows.
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Berserker

(historical) A Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.
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Berserk

Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged
Berserk with grief.
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Berserker

(by extension)
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Berserk

(Informal) Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild
Berserk over chocolates.
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Berserker

One who fights as if frenzied, like a berserker.
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Berserk

One that is violent, upset, or unrestrained.
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Berserker

(science fiction) A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.
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Berserk

A berserker.
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Berserker

One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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Berserk

(historical) berserker
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Berserk

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
After seeing his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a wild animal.
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Berserk

(by extension)
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Berserk

Bizarre; weird.
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Berserk

Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
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Berserk

One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
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Berserk

One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
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Berserk

Frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.
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Berserk

One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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Berserk

In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon;
The soldier was completely amuck
Berserk with grief
A berserk worker smashing windows
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