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merciless

[mur-si-lis] / ˈmɜr sɪ lɪs /


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Contemporaries regarded this merciless battle as “a second Agincourt,” akin to Henry V’s victory, against the odds, in 1415.

From The Wall Street Journal

Barely two years in, Maye’s the shiniest star in a merciless sports metropolis—and he’s one Sunday victory from all the local Bradys naming their future firstborns Drake.

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A moist, merciless heat engulfed us, and the strangling smell forced its way down my nose and throat.

From Literature

The journalist James Agee’s merciless portraits of his subjects remind Mr. Frazier of “those old-time operations that were done on a kitchen table without anesthetic.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They were all failed attempts to impose western civilization on the merciless, untamable Arctic.

From Literature