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- noun fantasy A
creature or creatures fromHell . - noun by extension Any
monster ; a viciousfiend or villain.
Etymologies
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Examples
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His series of stories about an average-type Joe who just happens to be a kickass hellspawn is the basis for the recent mediocre film.
top 10 reasons i love comics Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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It is easier to count the girls I've dated which weren't evil hellspawn, which is two, and one of them was crazy instead of possessed.
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Last Sunday, Chaika's deputy Alexander Buksman upped the ante by calling Cherkizovsky Market "hellspawn" that needed to be exterminated.
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We knew we were in a for a treat when we saw on his website that the "H" stands for "hydrophiliac hellspawn."
author of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters : The Lovecraft News Network 2009
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We knew we were in a for a treat when we saw on his website that the "H" stands for "hydrophiliac hellspawn."
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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It's like, if you want to show some Martian hellspawn as evil, at least explain their rich culture and history to forge a better understanding of where they're coming from.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Featurette: “Creating an Epic” | /Film 2010
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It's like, why do the villains always have to be humongous, frothing, sharp-toothed, zombie hellspawn, and the good guys gotta be The Rock and Karl Urban.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Featurette: “Creating an Epic” | /Film 2010
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She reveals how she went about venting her anger about an obnoxious neighbor, a famous author, a "hellspawn" at her daughter's school, and others.
Rachel Kramer Bussel: Your New Favorite Frenemy: Valerie Frankel, Author of It's Hard Not to Hate You Rachel Kramer Bussel 2011
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Not all humongous, frothing, sharp-toothed zombie hellspawn are trying to devour your flesh, that's just a stereotype.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Featurette: “Creating an Epic” | /Film 2010
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They are the hellspawn of Joe McCarthy and Ronald Reagan.
Think Progress » The death of a maverick: John McCain backtracks on nuclear policy. 2010
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