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Evil

evil

adjective

an evil person does very bad or cruel things

atrocious

adjective

very evil or cruel

bad

adjective

behaving in a cruel, evil, or criminal way

sinister

adjective

threatening to do harm or to do something evil

devilish

adjective

evil, or intended for an evil purpose

depraved

adjective

immoral or evil

satanic

adjective

very evil and cruel

diabolical

adjective

evil or cruel

fiendish

adjective

very evil

villainous

adjective

evil

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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the short high sound that a small bird makes

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an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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