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alien

adjective as in foreign

noun as in (offensive) foreign person

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With that, Wendy and her aliens seize control of his paradise.

From Salon

The Henry Murray Stage upstairs at the Matrix Theatre has been transformed into an adolescent hideaway, where music and literature are the only salves for alienated brooding.

Part of the reason those recipes look so alien to us now is that, in postwar America, food science was less kitsch than it was cutting-edge.

From Salon

What seemed like a big swing at the time feels even more alien now, in times where good nature is almost a foreign concept.

From Salon

Emma Stone's latest film sees her play a powerful CEO who is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorists who believe she's an alien.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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