horrendous
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- s causing fear or dread or terror
horrendous explosions shook the city
- I've seen men who have done horrendous damage to themselves over time with smoking and drinking and who still get to 100 and older though that's very, very rare.
- It had been a week full of shootings on a number of high school campuses but the deadly six-minute long incident at NIU was by far the most reminiscent of last year's horrendous incident.
- The commission also concluded that he was systematically tortured and held under horrendous conditions.