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==English==

===Verb===
{{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> berserk}}

# {{lb|en|idiomatic|informal}} To enter a [[wild#Adjective|wild]] and [[uncontrollable#Adjective|uncontrollable]] state.
#: {{syn|en|berserk#Verb|Thesaurus:go crazy}}
#: {{ux|en|If someone sneaks my lunch again, I'm actually going to '''go berserk'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|The fans immediately '''went berserk''' as the singer walked onstage.}}
#* {{RQ:Slate|author=Felix Gillette|title=The Gloater|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122183236/https://slate.com/culture/2006/01/how-to-savor-a-playoff-victory.html|date=13 January 2006|passage=I watched the game in New York City's unofficial Redskins bar. When the game ended, we '''went berserk''', performing a celebratory Fun Bunch and singing "Hail to the Redskins!"}}
#* {{RQ:New Yorker|author=w:Masha Gessen|title={{w|Alexey Navalny}} Has the Proof of His Poisoning|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228082856/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/alexey-navalny-has-the-proof-of-his-poisoning|date=18 October 2020|passage=Let's say I touch my own hand with my finger. My brain can perceive that signal and then cancel it out. But Novichok makes it ''not'' get cancelled out, so it feels like I'm touching my own hand a million times a second, and every cell in my body '''goes berserk''', and the brain understands that this is the end.}}
#* {{RQ:Wired|author=Stephen Kurczy|title=The Truth About the Quietest Town in America|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602224548/https://www.wired.com/story/the-truth-about-the-quietest-town-in-america/|date=3 August 2021|passage=As we exited the observatory's parking lot, the truck's computer monitor started bleeping angrily. Before we reached the main road, we picked up 13 wireless signals. Within a half mile, we found 66 signals. Niday's gadgetry was '''going berserk'''.}}

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* {{R:OED Online|entry=berserk|pos=n}}