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There were a special group of crazy Vikings who doped up and drove themselves crazy right before a huge battle, and they were known as berserkers. They knew no pain, and they did everything to kill their enemies, and cut themselves just to feel alive.

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get it in a type of bad behaviour get the dictionary

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Because of the crazy Viking warriors called berserkers, "to go berserk" means to act like a berserker, killing everything in sight without any sanity whatsoever.

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Is berserk French?

No, berserk is an English word.


What is a sentence using the word berserk?

Your incessant questions are driving me berserk! If I am not careful, my answer may drive you berserk. The Whirling Dervishes seem to be going berserk.


How do you spell bizerk?

That is the correct spelling of the adjective "berserk" (crazed, wild).


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The disgruntled postal worker went completely berserk.


Country for list word berserk?

Iceland.


Where did the word berserk come from?

Germany nitwits


Where did the term 'going berserk' originate?

Berserkers (or berserks) were a cult of Norse (Viking) warriors who worked themselves into a blood rage before battle so that they would be unstoppable. This is the origin of 'going berserk".


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Is there such word as bazurk?

The correct spelling is berserk (wild, crazed, or uncontrollable).


What is a sentence for the word berserk?

"Suddenly as the viking leaped off the longboat to raid the monastery his blood-lust peaked and he went completely Berserk!. Seeking out monks to slay and murder or enslave. "


What does the word berzerk mean?

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