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There's a new breed of financial consultant over at the Fed building, a combination of shrink and microbiologist, whose sole job is determining the market level 'cidal' to bears.
Cara Community Bill Cara 2010
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Irreversible killing distinguishes a "cidal," or true killing mechanism, from a "static" mechanism that holds the infectious agent at bay while the body's immune system fights off the infection.
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If the de-consuming is forced on us by the global economy and its eco-cidal collapse, then store hours were the sad hours that we lived.
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In post-invasion Iraq, there has been a homo-cidal pogrom of gay people being led by private Islamist "morality squads."
Johann Hari: The Stonewall Riots Haven't Stopped - They've Gone Global 2009
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This boom-boom-boom of homo-cidal hate has a crushing effect on gay kids.
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That is a ditty that can provoke a Holiday-cidal rage.
Lean Left » Blog Archive » The Worst Christmas Songs Ever 2006
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With the homi\-\expndtw0 cidal first wife lurking near the freezer with an ax.
Never Come Down Black, Michelle 1996
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Carpenter's heroic, sui-cidal solution left him miraculously unscathed-and had stopped the rout.
Chickenhawk Mason, Robert 1983
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If the de-consuming is forced on us by the global economy and its eco-cidal collapse, then store hours were the sad hours that we lived.
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The guy also cackled a little - "and when we say 'cidal, we don't care if it's bactericidal or suicidal."
Cara Community Bill Cara 2010
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