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beast

Definition for beast

noun as in large wild animal

Strongest matches

animal, creature, wild animal

Weak matches

beastie, lower animal

noun as in coarse, crude, or cruel person

Strongest matches

brute, cad, ogre, ogress

Strong matches

barbarian, cur, fiend, swine

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The men had hunted all manner of beasts, but they’d never come across this…this…well, they didn’t know what this thing was.

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“We really are just survivors speaking with one another. We are a fundamentally different beast than a social media account.”

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“Just stay in it no matter what. We had this bye and we got to rest up a little bit which is great. But we need to be that beast every single day.”

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By 21 October it had reached tropical storm strength and by 26 October, it was a Category 4 beast churning through the Caribbean Sea.

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By-elections are frequently different beasts from full elections, Caerphilly voters might behave differently in just a few short months.

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

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