vicious
Example Sentences
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Be cautious — but don’t write off rattlesnakes as vicious, the experts say.
From Los Angeles Times
The badger had just saved him from a pack of vicious snakes.
From Literature
Extremism is both the starting point and the end point of a vicious circle.
"Great civilizations outlast even the most vicious occupiers."
From Barron's
When accompanied by a vicious cycle of falling prices and falling demand, that turns into a process known as deflation.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
