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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  berserk
       adj : in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the
             soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a
             berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {amok},
              {demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}]
       n : 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "berserk":
     Dionysiac, abandoned, amok, bacchic, bellowing, carried away,
     corybantic, crazed, delirious, demoniac, desperate, distracted,
     ecstatic, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fierce, frantic, frenetic,
     frenzied, fulminating, furious, haggard, hog-wild, howling,
     hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, intoxicated,
     like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal,
     orgasmic, orgiastic, possessed, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting,
     raving, raving mad, ravished, roaring, running mad, running wild,
     stark-raving mad, storming, transported, uncontrollable, violent,
     wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking
  
  

















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