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madman

noun as in lunatic

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Such a decision would be catastrophic, serving only a madman’s lust for power and revenge — and causing America’s democracy to cease to exist.

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It's only the maniacal laughter in the fading bars that suggests this outlook is the purview of a madman.

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His unpredictability is sometimes portrayed by his supporters after the fact as strategic - the so-called "madman" theory of foreign relations.

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I wouldn’t recommend the madman strategy for managing the global economy.

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“We enable him and we haven’t learned yet how to battle this stupidity. The country and the world is suffering from the whims of a madman.”

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

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