Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or suggestive of Satan or evil.
- adjective Profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Satan; devilish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
Satanic (of, pertaining to or resemblingSatan ). - adjective
Evil ,fiendish ,devilish ordiabolical . - adjective Of or pertaining to
Satanism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to Satan
- adjective extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
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Examples
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It also singles out Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan for what it calls satanic alliances with the United States and Israeli.
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He said the drawn circle with an "x" through it - which he called a satanic symbol - also was new to him.
unknown title 2009
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He has publicly proclaimed that they are made of green cheese and sold to terrorists, and that you, the widget-maker, engage regularly in satanic orgies involving pythons, whipped cream and the blood of ferrets.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Thinking about publicly divulging your earlier dabblings in satanic rituals?
Michael Fertik: Witches, Marxism and Mental Anguish -- That's a Spicy Senatorial Search Result! Michael Fertik 2010
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She was granted restraining orders for her stalker who is a mental patient who boasts her involvement in satanic rituals.
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Some Democratic party leaders from Durham, North Carolina were allegedly involved in "satanic rituals" and were charged with assault and rape.
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Some Democratic party leaders from Durham, North Carolina were allegedly involved in "satanic rituals" and were charged with assault and rape.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Fits identified as satanic possession had broken out among adolescent girls at earlier times in New England.
The Lesson Of Salem 2008
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A ban on "occult goods" ( "Materials, goods or paraphernalia for use in satanic, sacrificial, or related practices") seems similarly troublesome.
Boing Boing 2006
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But it ` s definitely being tied as a sort of quasi-religious or even satanic -- the word satanic has also been used ritual connected to Halloween night.
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