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cruel
     1. adj. That intentionally causes or revels in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
           The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
     2. adj. Harsh; severe.
     3. adj. (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
     4. adv. (nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.
     5. v. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
     6. v. (Australia, ambitransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
     7. n. alt form, crewel
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
savage
     1. adj. Wild; not cultivated.
           a savage wilderness
     2. adj. Barbaric; not civilized.
           savage manners
     3. adj. Fierce and ferocious.
           savage beasts
           a savage spirit
     4. adj. Brutal, vicious or merciless.
           He gave the dog a savage kick.
           The woman was killed in a savage manner.
     5. adj. (slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
           - I'll see you in detention.- Ah, savage!
     6. adj. (Ireland, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
           Although it didn't look very good, it tasted absolutely savage.
     7. adj. (heraldry) Nude; naked.
     8. n. (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
     9. n. (figuratively) A defiant person.
     10. v. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
     11. v. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
           His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
     12. v. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
     13. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
not
     1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
           Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
           Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
     2. adv. To no degree.
           That is not red; it's orange.
     3. conj. And not.
           I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
           He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
     4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
           I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
           Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
     5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
           You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
     6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
humane
     1. adj. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
           It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
           As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
     2. adj. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
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