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  • 91ITALY —    (30,536), the central one of three peninsulas stretching into the Mediterranean Sea, in the S. of Europe, has the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas respectively on the E. and W., and is separated from France, Switzerland, and Austria in the N. by… …

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  • 92Glasgow —    GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …

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  • 93murder — 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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  • 94fatal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. deadly, lethal, mortal; fateful, critical. See killing, death, importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. deadly, disastrous, mortal, lethal; see deadly . See Synonym Study at deadly . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 95fateful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. momentous; prophetic; disastrous. See destiny, prediction, importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Momentous] Syn. portentous, critical, decisive; see crucial , ominous . 2. [Fatal] Syn. destructive …

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  • 96harmful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. injurious, hurtful. See disease, badness. Ant., harmless, safe. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. injurious, detrimental, hurtful, noxious, evil, mischievous, ruinous, malefic, demolitionary, internecine …

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  • 97Painfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pain PARAG:Painfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trouble trouble care &c.(pain) 828 Sgm: N 1 trial trial Sgm: N 1 affliction affliction infliction …

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  • 98bad — adj 1. virtueless, unrighteous, godless, impious, ungodly; immoral, amoral, nonmoral, unmoral, unprincipled, reprobate; corrupt, depraved, perverted, profligate, dissolute, libertine, abandoned, licentious; unscrupulous, dishonest, crooked,… …

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  • 99pernicious — per•ni•cious [[t]pərˈnɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous: a pernicious lie[/ex] 2) Obs. evil; wicked • Etymology: 1515–25; < L perniciōsus ruinous =pernici(ēs) ruin (per per + nici , comb. form of nex death, murder (s.… …

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  • 100ravage — rav•age [[t]ˈræv ɪdʒ[/t]] v. aged, ag•ing, n. 1) to damage or mar severely: a face ravaged by grief[/ex] 2) to do ruinous damage 3) ruinous damage: the ravages of war[/ex] 4) devastating or destructive action • Etymology: 1605–15; < F, MF… …

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