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  • 111atrocity — n. 1) to commit an atrocity 2) a dreadful, grisly, gruesome, horrible, horrid, monstrous, revolting, vile atrocity; death camp atrocities * * * [ə trɒsɪtɪ] death camp atrocityies grisly gruesome horrible horrid monstrous …

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  • 112murder — n. homicide 1) to commit murder 2) a brutal, cold blooded, grisly, heinous, vicious, wanton; premeditated; ritual murder 3) (AE) (a) first degree; second degree murder 4) mass murder 5) multiple, serial murders ruinous influence (colloq.) 6)… …

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  • 113grim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fearful, stern, fierce, forbidding; inflexible; ruthless; grisly, horrible. See resolution, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sullen] Syn. crabbed, sour, repellent, crusty, gloomy, intractable,… …

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  • 114Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 115grizzly — 1590s, from grizzle gray (see GRIZZLED (Cf. grizzled)) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Grizzly bear (ursus horribilis) is first recorded 1807 but belongs rather to GRISLY (Cf. grisly) …

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  • 116grizzly — noun (also grizzly bear) (plural grizzlies) a brown bear of a large race, native to western North America. adjective (grizzlier, grizzliest) grey or grey haired. Origin C19: from grizzle2. Usage On the confusion of grizzly and grisly, see …

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  • 117Hall — /hɔl/ (say hawl) noun 1. Ben(jamin), 1837–65, Australian bushranger. 2. Edward Smith, 1786–1860, Australian journalist and political reformer, born in England; publisher of the Monitor, 1826–38, and editor with the Australian, 1838–48. 3. Edward… …

  • 118grisliness — ˈgrizlēnə̇s, lin noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English grislines, from grisly + nes ness : the quality or state of being grisly …

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  • 119greisly — (Spenser and Milton) see ↑grisly * * * greisly obs. form of grisly, grizzly …

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  • 120Agrise — A*grise , v. i. [AS. [=a]gr[=i]san to dread; [=a] (cf. Goth. us , Ger. er , orig. meaning out) + gr[=i]san, for gr?san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr?is?n, G. grausen, to shudder. See {Grisly}.] To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.… …

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