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  • 111brutally — [adv] cruelly, without remorse atrociously, barbarically, barbarously, brutishly, callously, demoniacally, diabolically, ferally, ferociously, fiercely, hardheartedly, heartlessly, in cold blood, inexorably, inhumanely, inhumanly, meanly,… …

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  • 112barbarous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) exceedingly cruel. 2) primitive; uncivilized. DERIVATIVES barbarously adverb …

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  • 113barbarous — [bär′bə rəs] adj. [L barbarus < Gr barbaros, foreign, strange, ignorant < IE echoic base * barbar , used for unintelligible speech of foreigners > Sans barbara , stammering, non Aryan] 1. Obs. foreign or alien; in the ancient world, non… …

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  • 114murder — [mʉr′dər] n. [ME murthir, mordre < OE & OFr: OE morthor, akin to ON morth, Goth maurthr; OFr mordre < Frank * morthr: all ult. < IE * mṛtóm < base * mer > MORTAL] 1. the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of one human… …

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  • 115barbarous — adj. 1 uncivilized. 2 cruel. 3 coarse and unrefined. Derivatives: barbarously adv. barbarousness n. Etymology: orig. of any foreign language or people: f. L f. Gk barbaros foreign …

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  • 116savagerous — ˈsavij(ə)rəs, vēj adjective Etymology: savagery + ous slang : barbarously savage …

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  • 117-athon — əˌthän noun combining form ( s) Etymology: marathon 1. : event or activity lasting a long time often for the purpose of raising funds jog athon 2. : an excess of something practical joke athon …

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  • 118HUGH OF LINCOLN° — (c. 1246–1255), alleged victim of ritual murder. His body was found in a well in the Jewish quarter of lincoln by his mother, about Passover time 1255, near the house of a Jew named Copin. Under torture, Copin stated that he had killed the child… …

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  • 119UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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