malefic
Example Sentences
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Expect a touch of the supernatural, malefic colleagues and plenty of eccentricity.
From Washington Post
Sergeant Hicks said in a malefic whisper that seemed to hiss out of his bowels.
From Literature
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Like a malefic kitten with a ball of string, she would tangle his emotions until he lost all distinction between love and hate, joy and sorrow.
From Literature
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In Peel’s world, malefic forces in the U.S. government and corporations prey on unsuspecting patients by rummaging through their history/physical.
From Forbes
And, malefic intent or not, if they don't meet military specs, they could simply fail prematurely—and possibly catastrophically.
From Scientific American
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