fell 音標拼音: [f'ɛl]
vbl .
fall 的過去式
vt . 擊倒
n . 一季所伐的木材,獸皮,羊毛
a . 兇猛的,可怕的
fall 的過去式擊倒一季所伐的木材,獸皮,羊毛兇猛的,可怕的
fell adj 1 : (
of persons or their actions )
able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering ; "
a barbarous crime "; "
brutal beatings "; "
cruel tortures "; "
Stalin '
s roughshod treatment of the kulaks "; "
a savage slap "; "
vicious kicks " [
synonym : {
barbarous }, {
brutal }, {
cruel }, {
fell },
{
roughshod }, {
savage }, {
vicious }]
n 1 :
the dressed skin of an animal (
especially a large animal )
[
synonym : {
hide }, {
fell }]
2 :
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges [
synonym : {
fell },
{
felled seam }]
3 :
the act of felling something (
as a tree )
v 1 :
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow ; "
strike down a tree "; "
Lightning struck down the hikers " [
synonym :
{
fell }, {
drop }, {
strike down }, {
cut down }]
2 :
pass away rapidly ; "
Time flies like an arrow "; "
Time fleeing beneath him " [
synonym : {
fly }, {
fell }, {
vanish }]
3 :
sew a seam by folding the edges Fall \
Fall \ (
f [
add ]
l ),
v .
i . [
imp . {
Fell } (
f [
e ^]
l );
p .
p .
{
Fallen } (
f [
add ]
l "'
n );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Falling }.] [
AS .
feallan ;
akin to D .
vallen ,
OS . &
OHG .
fallan ,
G .
fallen ,
Icel .
Falla ,
Sw .
falla ,
Dan .
falde ,
Lith .
pulti ,
L .
fallere to deceive ,
Gr .
sfa `
llein to cause to fall ,
Skr .
sphal ,
sphul ,
to tremble .
Cf . {
Fail }, {
Fell },
v .
t .,
to cause to fall .]
1 .
To Descend ,
either suddenly or gradually ;
particularly ,
to descend by the force of gravity ;
to drop ;
to sink ;
as ,
the apple falls ;
the tide falls ;
the mercury falls in the barometer .
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I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven . --
Luke x .
18 .
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2 .
To cease to be erect ;
to take suddenly a recumbent posture ;
to become prostrate ;
to drop ;
as ,
a child totters and falls ;
a tree falls ;
a worshiper falls on his knees .
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I fell at his feet to worship him . --
Rev .
xix .
10 .
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3 .
To find a final outlet ;
to discharge its waters ;
to empty ;
--
with into ;
as ,
the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean .
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4 .
To become prostrate and dead ;
to die ;
especially ,
to die by violence ,
as in battle .
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A thousand shall fall at thy side . --
Ps .
xci .
7 .
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He rushed into the field ,
and ,
foremost fighting ,
fell . --
Byron .
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5 .
To cease to be active or strong ;
to die away ;
to lose strength ;
to subside ;
to become less intense ;
as ,
the wind falls .
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6 .
To issue forth into life ;
to be brought forth ; --
said of the young of certain animals . --
Shak .
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7 .
To decline in power ,
glory ,
wealth ,
or importance ;
to become insignificant ;
to lose rank or position ;
to decline in weight ,
value ,
price etc .;
to become less ;
as ,
the price falls ;
stocks fell two points .
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I am a poor fallen man ,
unworthy now To be thy lord and master . --
Shak .
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The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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8 .
To be overthrown or captured ;
to be destroyed .
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Heaven and earth will witness ,
If Rome must fall ,
that we are innocent . --
Addison .
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9 .
To descend in character or reputation ;
to become degraded ;
to sink into vice ,
error ,
or sin ;
to depart from the faith ;
to apostatize ;
to sin .
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Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest ,
lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief .
--
Heb .
iv .
11 .
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10 .
To become insnared or embarrassed ;
to be entrapped ;
to be worse off than before ;
as ,
to fall into error ;
to fall into difficulties .
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11 .
To assume a look of shame or disappointment ;
to become or appear dejected ; --
said of the countenance .
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Cain was very wroth ,
and his countenance fell .
--
Gen .
iv .
5 .
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I have observed of late thy looks are fallen .
--
Addison .
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12 .
To sink ;
to languish ;
to become feeble or faint ;
as ,
our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes .
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13 .
To pass somewhat suddenly ,
and passively ,
into a new state of body or mind ;
to become ;
as ,
to fall asleep ;
to fall into a passion ;
to fall in love ;
to fall into temptation .
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14 .
To happen ;
to to come to pass ;
to light ;
to befall ;
to issue ;
to terminate .
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The Romans fell on this model by chance . --
Swift .
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Sit still ,
my daughter ,
until thou know how the matter will fall . --
Ruth .
iii .
18 .
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They do not make laws ,
they fall into customs . --
H .
Spencer .
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15 .
To come ;
to occur ;
to arrive .
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The vernal equinox ,
which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March ,
falls now [
1694 ]
about ten days sooner . --
Holder .
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16 .
To begin with haste ,
ardor ,
or vehemence ;
to rush or hurry ;
as ,
they fell to blows .
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They now no longer doubted ,
but fell to work heart and soul . --
Jowett (
Thucyd . ).
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17 .
To pass or be transferred by chance ,
lot ,
distribution ,
inheritance ,
or otherwise ;
as ,
the estate fell to his brother ;
the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals .
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18 .
To belong or appertain .
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If to her share some female errors fall ,
Look on her face ,
and you '
ll forget them all .
--
Pope .
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19 .
To be dropped or uttered carelessly ;
as ,
an unguarded expression fell from his lips ;
not a murmur fell from him .
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{
To fall abroad of } (
Naut .),
to strike against ; --
applied to one vessel coming into collision with another .
{
To fall among },
to come among accidentally or unexpectedly .
{
To fall astern } (
Naut .),
to move or be driven backward ;
to be left behind ;
as ,
a ship falls astern by the force of a current ,
or when outsailed by another .
{
To fall away }.
(
a )
To lose flesh ;
to become lean or emaciated ;
to pine .
(
b )
To renounce or desert allegiance ;
to revolt or rebel .
(
c )
To renounce or desert the faith ;
to apostatize .
"
These . . .
for a while believe ,
and in time of temptation fall away ." --
Luke viii .
13 .
(
d )
To perish ;
to vanish ;
to be lost . "
How . . .
can the soul . . .
fall away into nothing ?" --
Addison .
(
e )
To decline gradually ;
to fade ;
to languish ,
or become faint . "
One color falls away by just degrees ,
and another rises insensibly ." --
Addison .
{
To fall back }.
(
a )
To recede or retreat ;
to give way .
(
b )
To fail of performing a promise or purpose ;
not to fulfill .
{
To fall back upon }
or {
To fall back on }.
(
a ) (
Mil .)
To retreat for safety to (
a stronger position in the rear ,
as to a fort or a supporting body of troops ).
(
b )
To have recourse to (
a reserved fund ,
a more reliable alternative ,
or some other available expedient or support ).
{
To fall calm },
to cease to blow ;
to become calm .
{
To fall down }.
(
a )
To prostrate one '
s self in worship . "
All kings shall fall down before him ." --
Ps .
lxxii .
11 .
(
b )
To sink ;
to come to the ground . "
Down fell the beauteous youth ." --
Dryden .
(
c )
To bend or bow ,
as a suppliant .
(
d ) (
Naut .)
To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet .
{
To fall flat },
to produce no response or result ;
to fail of the intended effect ;
as ,
his speech fell flat .
{
To fall foul of }.
(
a ) (
Naut .)
To have a collision with ;
to become entangled with (
b )
To attack ;
to make an assault upon .
{
To fall from },
to recede or depart from ;
not to adhere to ;
as ,
to fall from an agreement or engagement ;
to fall from allegiance or duty .
{
To fall from grace } (
M .
E .
Ch .),
to sin ;
to withdraw from the faith .
{
To fall home } (
Ship Carp .),
to curve inward ; --
said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship '
s side which are much within a perpendicular .
{
To fall in }.
(
a )
To sink inwards ;
as ,
the roof fell in .
(
b ) (
Mil .)
To take one '
s proper or assigned place in line ;
as ,
to fall in on the right .
(
c )
To come to an end ;
to terminate ;
to lapse ;
as ,
on the death of Mr .
B .,
the annuuity ,
which he had so long received ,
fell in .
(
d )
To become operative . "
The reversion ,
to which he had been nominated twenty years before ,
fell in ."
--
Macaulay .
{
To fall into one '
s hands },
to pass ,
often suddenly or unexpectedly ,
into one '
s ownership or control ;
as ,
to spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands of the enemy .
{
To fall in with }.
(
a )
To meet with accidentally ;
as ,
to fall in with a friend .
(
b ) (
Naut .)
To meet ,
as a ship ;
also ,
to discover or come near ,
as land .
(
c )
To concur with ;
to agree with ;
as ,
the measure falls in with popular opinion .
(
d )
To comply ;
to yield to . "
You will find it difficult to persuade learned men to fall in with your projects ." --
Addison .
{
To fall off }.
(
a )
To drop ;
as ,
fruits fall off when ripe .
(
b )
To withdraw ;
to separate ;
to become detached ;
as ,
friends fall off in adversity . "
Love cools ,
friendship falls off ,
brothers divide ." --
Shak .
(
c )
To perish ;
to die away ;
as ,
words fall off by disuse .
(
d )
To apostatize ;
to forsake ;
to withdraw from the faith ,
or from allegiance or duty .
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Those captive tribes . . .
fell off From God to worship calves . --
Milton .
(
e )
To forsake ;
to abandon ;
as ,
his customers fell off .
(
f )
To depreciate ;
to change for the worse ;
to deteriorate ;
to become less valuable ,
abundant ,
or interesting ;
as ,
a falling off in the wheat crop ;
the magazine or the review falls off . "
O Hamlet ,
what a falling off was there !" --
Shak .
(
g ) (
Naut .)
To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to which the head of the ship was before directed ;
to fall to leeward .
{
To fall on }.
(
a )
To meet with ;
to light upon ;
as ,
we have fallen on evil days .
(
b )
To begin suddenly and eagerly . "
Fall on ,
and try the appetite to eat ." --
Dryden .
(
c )
To begin an attack ;
to assault ;
to assail . "
Fall on ,
fall on ,
and hear him not ." --
Dryden .
(
d )
To drop on ;
to descend on .
{
To fall out }.
(
a )
To quarrel ;
to begin to contend .
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A soul exasperated in ills falls out With everything ,
its friend ,
itself . --
Addison .
(
b )
To happen ;
to befall ;
to chance . "
There fell out a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice ."
--
L '
Estrange .
(
c ) (
Mil .)
To leave the ranks ,
as a soldier .
{
To fall over }.
(
a )
To revolt ;
to desert from one side to another .
(
b )
To fall beyond . --
Shak .
{
To fall short },
to be deficient ;
as ,
the corn falls short ;
they all fall short in duty .
{
To fall through },
to come to nothing ;
to fail ;
as ,
the engageent has fallen through .
{
To fall to },
to begin . "
Fall to ,
with eager joy ,
on homely food ." --
Dryden .
{
To fall under }.
(
a )
To come under ,
or within the limits of ;
to be subjected to ;
as ,
they fell under the jurisdiction of the emperor .
(
b )
To come under ;
to become the subject of ;
as ,
this point did not fall under the cognizance or deliberations of the court ;
these things do not fall under human sight or observation .
(
c )
To come within ;
to be ranged or reckoned with ;
to be subordinate to in the way of classification ;
as ,
these substances fall under a different class or order .
{
To fall upon }.
(
a )
To attack . [
See {
To fall on }.]
(
b )
To attempt ;
to have recourse to . "
I do not intend to fall upon nice disquisitions ." --
Holder .
(
c )
To rush against .
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Note :
Fall primarily denotes descending motion ,
either in a perpendicular or inclined direction ,
and ,
in most of its applications ,
implies ,
literally or figuratively ,
velocity ,
haste ,
suddenness ,
or violence .
Its use is so various ,
and so mush diversified by modifying words ,
that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its applications .
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Fell \
Fell \,
a . [
OE .
fel ,
OF .
fel cruel ,
fierce ,
perfidious ;
cf .
AS .
fel (
only in comp .)
OF .
fel ,
as a noun also accus .
felon ,
is fr .
LL .
felo ,
of unknown origin ;
cf .
Arm fall evil ,
Ir .
feal ,
Arm .
falloni treachery ,
Ir . &
Gael .
feall to betray ;
or cf .
OHG .
fillan to flay ,
torment ,
akin to E .
fell skin .
Cf .
{
Felon }.]
1 .
Cruel ;
barbarous ;
inhuman ;
fierce ;
savage ;
ravenous .
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While we devise fell tortures for thy faults .
--
Shak .
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2 .
Eager ;
earnest ;
intent . [
Obs .]
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I am so fell to my business . --
Pepys .
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Fell \
Fell \ (
f [
e ^]
l ),
imp .
of {
Fall }.
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Fell \
Fell \,
n . (
Mining )
The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes ,
when the ore is sorted by sifting .
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Fell \
Fell \,
v .
t . [
Cf .
Gael .
fill to fold ,
plait ,
Sw .
f [*
a ]
ll a hem .]
To sew or hem ; --
said of seams .
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Fell \
Fell \,
n .
1 . (
Sewing )
A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth ,
the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses .
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2 . (
Weaving )
The end of a web ,
formed by the last thread of the weft .
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Fell \
Fell \,
n . [
Cf .
L .
fel gall ,
bile ,
or E .
fell ,
a .]
Gall ;
anger ;
melancholy . [
Obs .]
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Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell . --
Spenser .
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Fell \
Fell \,
n . [
AS .
fell ;
akin to D .
vel ,
OHG .
fel ,
G .
fell ,
Icel .
fell (
in comp .),
Goth fill in [
thorn ]
rutsfill leprosy ,
L .
pellis skin ,
Gr .
pe `
lla .
Cf . {
Film }, {
Peel }, {
Pell },
n .]
A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on ;
a pelt ;
--
used chiefly in composition ,
as woolfell .
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We are still handling our ewes ,
and their fells ,
you know ,
are greasy . --
Shak .
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Fell \
Fell \,
n . [
Icel .
fell ,
fjally ;
akin to Sw .
fj [
aum ]
ll a ridge or chain of mountains ,
Dan .
fjeld mountain ,
rock and prob .
to G .
fels rock ,
or perh .
to feld field ,
E .
field .]
1 .
A barren or rocky hill . --
T .
Gray .
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2 .
A wild field ;
a moor . --
Dryton .
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Fell \
Fell \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Felled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Felling }.] [
AS .
fellan ,
a causative verb fr .
feallan to fall ;
akin to D .
vellen ,
G .
f [
aum ]
llen ,
Icel .
fella ,
Sw .
f [
aum ]
lla ,
Dan .
f [
ae ]
lde .
See {
Fall },
v .
i .]
To cause to fall ;
to prostrate ;
to bring down or to the ground ;
to cut down .
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Stand ,
or I '
ll fell thee down . --
Shak .
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324 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fell ":
Draconian ,
Leatherette ,
Leatheroid ,
Tartarean ,
align ,
alkali flat ,
alluvial plain ,
animal ,
anthill ,
anthropophagous ,
appalling ,
astounding ,
atrocious ,
awe -
inspiring ,
awesome ,
awful ,
baleful ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
barrow ,
basin ,
beastly ,
beat down ,
bend ,
bestial ,
bloodthirsty ,
bloody ,
bloody -
minded ,
blow down ,
blow over ,
blow to pieces ,
blow up ,
bottomland ,
bowl down ,
bowl over ,
brae ,
brain ,
break ,
break down ,
bring down ,
brutal ,
brutalized ,
brute ,
brutish ,
bulldog ,
bulldoze ,
burn down ,
burn to death ,
bushveld ,
butte ,
campo ,
cannibalistic ,
cast down ,
champaign ,
champaign country ,
charge ,
chop down ,
coastal plain ,
coat ,
cock ,
conquer ,
cruel ,
cruel -
hearted ,
crush ,
cut down ,
cut to pieces ,
cuticle ,
dangerous ,
dash down ,
deal a deathblow ,
deck ,
delta ,
demolish ,
demoniac ,
demoniacal ,
dermis ,
desert ,
detonate ,
devilish ,
diabolic ,
dire ,
direful ,
discharge ,
disintegrate ,
down ,
downs ,
dread ,
dreaded ,
dreadful ,
drop ,
drumlin ,
dune ,
eject ,
equalize ,
even ,
fearful ,
feral ,
ferocious ,
fetch down ,
fiendish ,
fiendlike ,
fierce ,
fire ,
fire off ,
flat ,
flat country ,
flatland ,
flats ,
flatten ,
fleece ,
flesh ,
floor ,
flush ,
foothills ,
formidable ,
frag ,
fur ,
furring ,
ghastly ,
ghoulish ,
give the quietus ,
grade ,
grass veld ,
grassland ,
grievous ,
grim ,
grisly ,
ground ,
gruesome ,
gun ,
gun down ,
gun for ,
heath ,
hellish ,
hew down ,
hide ,
hideous ,
hill ,
hillock ,
hit ,
horrendous ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
horrific ,
horrifying ,
humble ,
hummock ,
imitation fur ,
imitation leather ,
implacable ,
incinerate ,
infernal ,
inhuman ,
inhumane ,
integument ,
jacket ,
jugulate ,
kill ,
knob ,
knock down ,
knock over ,
knoll ,
lande ,
lapidate ,
lay ,
lay down ,
lay flat ,
lay level ,
lay low ,
lay out ,
leather ,
leather paper ,
let fly ,
let off ,
level ,
llano ,
load ,
lowland ,
lowlands ,
lunar mare ,
macabre ,
major ,
malefic ,
maleficent ,
malign ,
mare ,
master ,
mesa ,
mesilla ,
molehill ,
monticle ,
monticule ,
moor ,
moorland ,
morbid ,
mound ,
mow down ,
murderous ,
open country ,
outer layer ,
outer skin ,
override ,
pampa ,
pampas ,
pelt ,
peltry ,
peneplain ,
pepper ,
pick off ,
pistol ,
plain ,
plains ,
plateau ,
playa ,
plug ,
poleax ,
pot ,
potshoot ,
potshot ,
prairie ,
precipitate ,
prime ,
prostrate ,
pull down ,
put down ,
quell ,
rase ,
rawhide ,
raze ,
redoubtable ,
reduce ,
relentless ,
riddle ,
ride down ,
rind ,
roll ,
roll flat ,
ruthless ,
sadistic ,
salt flat ,
salt marsh ,
salt pan ,
sand dune ,
sanguinary ,
sanguineous ,
satanic ,
savage ,
savanna ,
schrecklich ,
sebkha ,
send headlong ,
serious ,
sharkish ,
sheath ,
shocking ,
shoot ,
shoot at ,
shoot down ,
shoot to death ,
shotgun ,
silence ,
sinister ,
skin ,
skins ,
slash ,
slavering ,
smash ,
smooth ,
smooth out ,
smoothen ,
snipe ,
spread -
eagle ,
stab to death ,
steamroll ,
steamroller ,
steppe ,
stone ,
stone to death ,
strike ,
strike dead ,
subdue ,
subhuman ,
subjugate ,
supinate ,
suppress ,
swell ,
table ,
tableland ,
take a potshot ,
take down ,
tear down ,
tegument ,
terrible ,
terrific ,
throw ,
throw down ,
topple ,
torpedo ,
trample down ,
trample underfoot ,
tread underfoot ,
tree veld ,
tremendous ,
trip ,
truculent ,
tumble ,
tundra ,
ugly ,
unchristian ,
uncivilized ,
unhuman ,
unrelenting ,
upland ,
vair ,
vanquish ,
vaporize ,
vega ,
veld ,
vicious ,
weald ,
whack down ,
wide -
open spaces ,
wold ,
wolfish
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