berserk
Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
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Born ~1903 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
"And you still be a b**ch," "You ruined her career you baldie"- Fans go berserk following Ricochet's shocking claim about his wife's WWE exit
Casca Fanart 🤎 Full spicy variants of my art available on my Patre0n ! (Link in Bio) Tomboy waifu ftw ! 😤 #berserk #casca
Panini Manga desvela los detalles de la Master Edition de Berserk www.listadomanga.es/... Panini Manga dió a conocer esta misma mañana todos los detalles que acompañarán al lanzamiento de la nueva Master Edition de…
This was complimented by one of my Patreons I still yet to grt into Berserk actually 😂
maybe you should direct all your arguments towards anyone who reads and enjoys berserk by gentaro miura
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Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
went berserk]] and attacked the killer like a wild animal.
“"And you still be a b**ch," "You ruined her career you baldie"- Fans go berserk following Ricochet's shocking claim about his wife's WWE exit”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Casca Fanart 🤎 Full spicy variants of my art available on my Patre0n ! (Link in Bio) Tomboy waifu ftw ! 😤 #berserk #casca”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Panini Manga desvela los detalles de la Master Edition de Berserk www.listadomanga.es/... Panini Manga dió a conocer esta misma mañana todos los detalles que acompañarán al lanzamiento de la nueva Master Edition de la serie Berserk.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This was complimented by one of my Patreons I still yet to grt into Berserk actually 😂”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I have a very Berserk-thing going on in Vol. 1 Ch. 5 lmao #thenebulastars”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive) To be or become berserk.
When great champions went berserking and were angry, they lost their human nature and went mad like dogs.
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(transitive) To make berserk.
I suppose losing one hand made Stack especially sensitive to the possible loss of another. The wound was superficial, but he berserked. He killed the native with a riot gun, then turned it on the rest of them. A lieutenant had to bludgeo…
"berserk" means: To make berserk.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"berserk" means: To make berserk.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“maybe you should direct all your arguments towards anyone who reads and enjoys berserk by gentaro miura”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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