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- noun A
murderer - noun An animal that
kills humans . - noun Someone who habitually seduces
men .
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Examples
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My heart leapt at beholding this mighty figure of a man-killer and slave-driver, it is true, but who sprang first into the teeth of danger so that his slaves might follow, and who emerged with a half-drowned slave in either hand.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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Wasn't part of the reason why Yorick survived the man-killer virus because something about Ampersand's immune system helped him fight it off?
Yorick and Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness in Y: The Last Man Movie? | /Film 2008
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Maybe some of those whistling shrieks were in support of what three kids—a red-haired beauty of a sun-freckled girl, a wild hazel-eyed man-killer, and a moody and battered boy who had no right trying to be a hero—were trying to do.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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Denny said: Wasn†™ t part of the reason why Yorick survived the man-killer virus because something about Ampersand†™ s immune system helped him fight it off?
Yorick and Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness in Y: The Last Man Movie? | /Film 2008
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In a dramatic but unrelated coincidence, her second lover died in 1900, garnering her the name of "man-killer" from her friends.
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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In a dramatic but unrelated coincidence, her second lover died in 1900, garnering her the name of "man-killer" from her friends.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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No one really believed that Lillian Gish was actually a fragile victim, or that Theda Bara (anagram: Arab Death) was an exotic man-killer, or that Valentino was a sheikh, but Doug's fans seemed to assume that all those Lambs and Mollycoddles up on the screen were simply projections of the actor himself, a man whom every mother could be proud of, every girl trust herself to, and every kid idolize.
The Silent Superstar Gottlieb, Robert 2009
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Yes, there's a bear in them thar woods -- a ferocious man-killer who will track Charles and Robert for days as they desperately attempt to make their way back to civilization.
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M.J. (4 stars) MOVIES Eye of the Beholder An unforgettably bad thriller about an intelligence agent (Ewan McGregor) and a coldblooded man-killer (Ashley Judd), both of whom are half nuts and crying on the inside.
Critical Moment 2008
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Bush is "an imbecile, ignorant, a tyrant and a man-killer," according to a diplomatic spokesman.
08/24/2004 2004
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