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devil
noun as in demon
Strong matches
Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Satan, adversary, dastard, djinn, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, monster, ogre, rogue, villain
Weak matches
Prince of Darkness, archfiend, beast, common enemy, diablo, evil one, the Erinyes, the dickens
Example Sentences
"The devil is in the details," he said, explaining that many previous studies rely on open-ended questions, a method known as spontaneous reporting.
He walked away down the train she said, before returning to her and saying "the devil's not going to win".
He writes in his memoir that he "instinctively sensed how to play Hannibal. I have the devil in me. We all have the devil in us, I know what scares people".
It tells the dark fantasy story of orphaned teenager Denji, who is killed by the yakuza but reborn by merging with his pet devil to become Chainsaw Man.
The promise remains dazzling and deliciously diabolical enough for adherents to forget that deals with the devil always come with a hidden, inescapable price tag.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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