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- adjective Common misspelling of
grievous .
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Examples
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The current division of assault into lots of different categories, such as grevious bodily harm and actual bodily harm, is difficult for both officers and the public to understand, he said.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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General Wars by admin on Dec. 17, 2009, under Uncategorized who would win in a fight the old 1987 tmnt or the clone wars general grevious? have any of u guys seend the star wars clone wars saga well if u have grevious was faster and way more agile then he was in the movie who wins the old 1987 version of the ninja turtles or the clone wars general grevoius?
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Mean Things: civil war, genocide, infertility, recovery from surgery, grevious bodily harm, death of friends and stock, family drama
i am tired. i am weary. i could sleep for a thousand years. matociquala 2009
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Beautiful to behold however so dangerous as to warrant arrest grevious bodily harm.
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I had the misfortune of having an individual do grevious harm to someone close to me a long time ago and was plagued by the desire for revenge.
What's Wrong with REVENGE?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Dear Pownetwork, I had made a grevious error misrepresenting my rank, time in service, and mos. But I never claimed to have recieved Gold Jump Wings or the Scuba Qual Badge.
Cordoves, Joaquin 2010
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To bother to call Rush “pond scum” would be a grevious insult to pond scum everywhere …
Think Progress » Morning Joe crew rips Limbaugh: ‘Deplorable,’ ‘insensitive,’ ‘mean-spirited.’ 2010
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A grevious insult indeed, if the folks on Language Log are to be believed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Academic Legal Writing (Fourth Edition) 2010
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Most of us consider pedophilia a grevious wrong that should be severely punished – although such a law is not objectively written in stone by the universe anywhere nor can it be justified solely by mere reason.
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He is still guilty of causing grevious bodily harm with intent, however his sentence has been, quite rightly, suspended.
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