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n. - An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts; A person or thing that inspires horror because of crimes, depravity, deformity or power to do harm.

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  • The individual who prosecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
  • Obviously I underestimated the term monster because our waiter brought out something resembling a carved out globe.
  • Maybe the monster is a spammer? everyone afraid of those
  • “Dr. Frankenstein, your monster is here to see you …”
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