beast
Example Sentences
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That year an unusual form of the influenza B virus started circulating and the 'beast from the east' cold snap bought freezing temperatures to the UK, creating the ideal environment for the disease to spread.
From BBC
In one scene, there are glimpses of a bullish, noisy beast through the summer leaves.
From BBC
"A quantum internet is a very different beast from current nascent cryptographic applications. It's the same primary mechanism but you need significantly more photons -- more bandwidth -- to connect quantum computers," said Professor Devitt.
From Science Daily
Ultrapure-water projects are big, one-off beasts that everybody and his brother wants to build, so even the smart operators can watch their margins get mugged the minute capital spending gets a head cold.
From MarketWatch
It was fresh revenue and there was a little concern that they were helping build a beast that would soon be a danger.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
