berserkers
Wild Viking warriors
Berserkers were Norse warriors legendary for fighting in a wild, trance-like fury.
The word now describes anyone who attacks with reckless abandon or uncontrolled rage: The team's defense went berserker in the fourth quarter.
To go berserk is to lose control violently or become wildly agitated: She went berserk when she found out.
Desire to kill
- rageIntense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
madness · wrath · trance · possession · frothing · howling · unstoppable · invincibility
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- sagasExtended heroic narratives
- OdinChief Norse deity
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
mead hall · longships · runes · skald · Old Norse · Ragnarok · Freyja · Thor
Fierce, overwhelming assault
- pillagingForcible theft during conflict
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- carnageWidespread violent death
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
mayhem · destruction · havoc · slaughter · massacre · raiding · plundering · terror
Female Norse combatant
- valkyrieChooser of the slain
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- shock troopsElite offensive combat unit
- bodyguardsPersonal protection agents
thane · jarl · combatant · infantry · mercenary · warlord · duelist · warband
Nordic fantasy video game
- World of WarcraftMassively multiplayer fantasy RPG
- WarhammerMiniature wargaming franchise
- Dungeons & DragonsFantasy tabletop roleplaying game
- MarvelSuperhero media conglomerate
metal music · Wolverine · Beowulf · Grendel
bloodlust
Desire to kill
savagery · madness · wrath · trance · possession · frothing · howling · unstoppable · invincibility · fearlessness
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- sagasExtended heroic narratives
- OdinChief Norse deity
Valhalla · mead hall · longships · runes · skald · Old Norse · Ragnarok · Freyja · Thor · Loki
onslaught
Fierce, overwhelming assault
- pillagingForcible theft during conflict
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- carnageWidespread violent death
bloodshed · mayhem · destruction · havoc · slaughter · massacre · raiding · plundering · terror · chaos
shieldmaiden
Female Norse combatant
- valkyrieChooser of the slain
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- shock troopsElite offensive combat unit
bodyguards · thane · jarl · combatant · infantry · mercenary · warlord · duelist · warband · huscarl
Skyrim
Nordic fantasy video game
- World of WarcraftMassively multiplayer fantasy RPG
- WarhammerMiniature wargaming franchise
- Dungeons & DragonsFantasy tabletop roleplaying game
Marvel · metal music · Wolverine · Beowulf · Grendel
- raidersraiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers, looters
- Viking societyjarl, thane, chieftain, thrall, freemen
- NordicNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- Nordic heritageVikings, Norse mythology, Norse gods, longships, Odin
- warrior culturesamurai, knights, warrior, gladiators, spartan
berserkerslegionnaires
Members of a legion
hoplites · tacticians · strategists · sentinels · guards
berserkersstoics
Uncomplaining hardship bearers
assassins · snipers · Vulcans · pacifists · conscientious objectors
berserkerspacifists
Those opposing all warfare
peacemakers · conscientious objectors · noncombatants · civilians · diplomats
- berserker rageFrenzied fighting madness