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- adjective
superlative form ofcruel : mostcruel .
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Examples
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IT HAS been labelled the cruellest cut of all but HIV experts are calling for a return to routine male circumcision in Australia to help curb transmission of the virus into the future.
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It was, he has said, one of the cruellest things that happened to him during his detention.
Britain's Guantánamo survivors are suffering a toxic legacy 2012
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Even now I weep to think, that, borne down as you are by the cruellest misfortunes, you may stifle, by the word honour, all hope of that love and happiness which would alone restore you to yourself.
Chapter 5 2010
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His features and expression were genial and gentle, and yet his mouth was the cruellest gash I had ever seen in a man's face.
CHAPTER II 2010
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Among its famous phrases are "April is the cruellest month" (its first line); "I will show you fear in a handful of dust"; and the Sanskrit "Shantih shantih shantih" (its last line).
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Actually the cruellest part is that Louis chose them at all.
X Factor - John and Edward Grimes - The Irish twins ! Norfolk Blogger 2009
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It is there where weak smiles and sweating eyes mask trepidation, the armour needed to endure sport's cruellest examination.
Ricky Hatton needs to ignore the siren call of the Golden Boy | Kevin Mitchell 2011
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Spanning four decades, Island Beneath the Sea is the moving story of the intertwined lives of Tete and Valmorain, and of one woman's determination to find love amid loss, to offer humanity though her own has been battered, and to forge her own identity in the cruellest of circumstances.
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If April is the cruellest month, it often arrives with a few attractions to soften the pain.
Relegation from the Premiership is no longer a devastating blow | Shaun Edwards 2011
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With an unerring ability to capture the cruellest details of sibling rivalry, these stories are driven by an infectious humour that tempers the tension.
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