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malefic

[muh-lef-ik] / məˈlɛf ɪk /








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Giancarlo Esposito plays Beauty’s malefic father and Niecy Nash is her vocally exacting mother.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2022

Deep in the entrails of a Rumanian castle, a malefic beast has been stirring for a millennium.

From Time Magazine Archive

It sends fire chunks into the sky, as if in a malefic Disney World spectacle, and has them land on prime Beverly Hills real estate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both groups were deprived of the intelligence of the '30s, the malefic grandeur of the '40s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sergeant Hicks said in a malefic whisper that seemed to hiss out of his bowels.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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