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Synonyms for fearsome

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Synonyms for fearsome

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Synonyms for fearsome

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And now, as the two stood frozen in terror, I saw the author of that fearsome sound creeping stealthily into view.
Each hair was about the bigness of a large angleworm, and as the thing moved the muscles of its scalp this awful head-covering seemed to writhe and wriggle and crawl about the fearsome face as though indeed each separate hair was endowed with independent life.
That these monsters should tear each other to pieces was a part of the strange struggle for existence, but that they should turn upon modern man, that they should deliberately track and hunt down the predominant human, was a staggering and fearsome thought.
As the last notes died away in a long-drawn, fearsome wail, a score of painted warriors, drawing their long war-canoe upon the beach, halted to stare in the direction of the jungle and to listen.
And, second, are they really so fearsome that they cannot even be named by the free media?
Visitors to the aquarium will be able to walk through the tunnel filled with a shoal of fearsome red-bellied piranhas who, in a feeding frenzy can reduce an entire animal carcass to a clean skeleton in a matter of minutes.
The Years, Months, Days contains two novellas by Chinese author Yan Lianke: one entitled Marrow, which explores the lengths that a desperate and devoted mother will go to for her children, and another that shares the title of the book, which follows an elderly man who refuses to abandon his home village, even in a fearsome drought.
Pakistan have fearsome pacers - Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz and Hassan Ali.
Hercufleas is not the first to try and defeat this fearsome giant, many others deemed more heroic and worthy have tried unsuccessfully, and few believe that a mere flea can succeed where so many others have failed so miserably.
IRON MAN 2 Channel 4, 9pm Tycoon-turned-superhero Tony Stark confronts a fearsome new foe in a Russian scientist using his own deadly hi-tech weapons to seek revenge.
As war-balloons fill the skies, trolls make dangerous alliances, and two fearsome sisters--Steelfox and Jewelwolf--clash in an attempt to lead the fearsome Karvaks into a battle for global domination, Gaunt and Bone seek only to reunite and save their son before it is too late.
Also, the fastest shark in the world is followed in MONSTER MAKO (Sun, 9pm) when this fearsome 60mph hunter is fitted with a camera.