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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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His growth spurt was something to see, from a diminutive attacker to a beast at 6ft 4in.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The answer to keep feeding the AI beast: upgrade the power grid and incorporate renewable energy sources.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The 19-foot-long beast of a sedan could reach 131 miles an hour, an engineering feat in the late 1940s, Lieberman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

On the last circle the beast caught him a glancing blow with one of its back hoofs and sent him sprawling.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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