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uncontrollable

adjective B1
  1. Not able to be controlled, contained or governed. · She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.
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He rose from his chair and paced about the room in uncontrollable excitement.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 85 · B2
I turned in uncontrollable astonishment.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 115 · B2
At last, as midnight approached and the street gradually cleared, he paced up and down the room in uncontrollable agitation.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · C1
A series of disgraceful brawls took place, two of which ended in the police-court, until at last he became the terror of the village, and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of immense strength, and absolutely uncontrollable in his anger.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 40 · B2

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