Diabolic

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Diabolic [ dahy-uh'-BOL-ik ]
 [ adjective ]
 MEANING :
 1. cruelly wicked or evil; fiendish
2. of or like the devil; satanic
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The diabolic deeds of the Nazis during world war II is a matter of deep shame for most present day Germans .
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Overwhelmed, Austrians will not find words strong enough to convey the monstrous and diabolic history which has played out in secret for three decades at Amstetten.

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