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• s  (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  vicious kicks
• s  having the nature of vice
• s  bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
• s  marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  vicious gossip

• Violent urban legend has always swirled around Mexican drug traffickers, but very few of them have ever set out to build a reputation as vicious as that of Heriberto Lazcano.
• A vicious skirmish erupted between Iraq and Iran.
• The vicious lies and smears keep coming form the left.

• barbarous
• brutal
• cruel
• fell
• roughshod
• savage
• evil
• condemnable
• criminal
• deplorable
• reprehensible
• poisonous
• venomous

News & Articles

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• Rugby Union: Vicious Rugby Hit Sees Tongan Suspended
  Tonga's David Halaifonua has been suspended by the International Rugby Board (IRB), via IRB.com , for six weeks due to a vicious, illegal hit on Canada winger Matt Evans. Bleacher Report covered the initial aftermath of the match, in which Tonga head coach Mana Otai claimed that his players were being targeted by officials and that he could see no reason for any punishment. On June 12, the IRB's ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Professor killed by woman with stiletto heel, police say
  It may have been a vicious murder or the unintentional result of a lover's quarrel. Either way, the death of a Texas college professor stands out for the weapon the killer allegedly used: one of her own stilettos.
  June 12, 2013 - CNN
• Few Storms
  FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) - A vicious dog attack has injured half the horses at a Fond du Lac therapy program. Molly is lucky to be alive. "The vet needed to double each stitch so there were 27 stitches that became 54," said Mary Narges, Executive Director of Free SPIRIT Riders.
  June 12, 2013 - WFRV 5 Green Bay

Quotes

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• Ben Roethlisberger in Post Chronicle
  Speaking on Thursday (23Jul09), Roethlisberger says, "I did not sexually assault Andrea McNulty. Saturday was the first that I learned of her accusations. Her false and vicious allegations are an attack on my family and on me. I would never, ever...
• Will Smith in KESQ
  Smith says "Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer responsible for 1 of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet."
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Euronews.net
  Visiting the scene Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan described it as "a vicious, ruthless terror attack."