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evil

The quality of being evil; evilness. He was so full of evil I do not think he knew what good was. Something that causes harm, or harm itself. We faced many evils on our journey. The source or cause of evil as a spiritual or supernatural force. This is often called "true evil." I have seen things that lead me to believe that real evil exists. When you say you believe in true evil I take it you mean the devil.

evil

morally bad or wrong evil purposes an evil influence evil deeds morally objectionable behavior that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones — Shakespeare the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world having the nature of vice (= malefic, malevolent) having or exerting a malignant influence malevolent stars a malefic force

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malignant malicious malevolent evil Satan

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Simple sentences

That was an evil bunny.
Avoid the appearance of evil.
By shedding blood, whether human's or animal's, evil is supported on this planet.
It is better to prevent evil than punish it by another evil thereafter.
Money is the root of all evil.
The evil spirit was driven away from the house.
Deliver us from evil.
Render good for evil.
Beth is afraid of the dark because of her evil brother.
Such evil customs should be done away with.
He knew nothing bad about him, but he felt something evil.
Emperor Nero was an extremely evil tyrant.
Believing in God is not evil in itself.
It is not easy to distinguish good from evil.
It was an evil bunny.
With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good.
Evil sometimes wins.
He is old enough to tell good from evil.
He is an evil man.
The only useful knowledge is that which teaches us how to seek what is good and avoid what is evil.
It is easy to distinguish good from evil.

Movie subtitles

That's why if you're in the dark for a long time, you forget what you were looking at in the beginning, and when everything became dark, it's not love nor obsession nor desire, it just became the evil monster itself.
Because you are all that stands Between the innocent and evil.
All the good and evil deeds alike that humans draw while above ground will. never disappear throughout their lives. What you are doing now to the soil to try and make it disappear right away.
Joshy, I needed that sage to cleanse the house of evil spirits.
I wish that didn't sound so evil because it's catchy as hell.
Necessary evil.
I know her evil minions don't.
Money is the root of all evil.
Thank God, Sandro does not know what Evil is.
All joy is based on evil.
Released from the evil spell, Sandro unites with Inga in holy matrimony.
An evil murderer she shielded with her own body.
When primitive man is confronted with something incomprehensible, the explanation is always sorcery and evil spirits.
The English scientist Rawlinson and French scientist Maspero show us pictures of evil spirits, believed to have resided amongst the first civilizations.
They're saying the Arab Kingdom has the evil eye.
A wild wolf of the woods she had loved. An evil murderer she shielded with her own body.
But to guard timid heart I behaved haughtily, arrogant and gruffly, I talked about the sacrifice I would make for her more evil than self-mutilation and death.
Why should I who am so good to you be as vicious and evil as you describe me?
He is obsessed by evil desire and today it befalls him. I won't hear anything.
The belief in evil spirits, sorcery and witchcraft is the result of naive notions about the mystery of the universe.
The evil spirits of ancient times changed in the medieval folklore to devils, sneaking around and tempting children.
Now, you shall see the evil spirit that makes my evil face!
Watch out, she is really evil!
He preaches good and does evil!
How do you know a good angel from an evil angel?
All the good and evil deeds alike that humans draw while above ground will. never disappear throughout their lives.
Good or evil. etc.
Joshy, I needed that sage to cleanse the house of evil spirits. Ghosts are obsessed with me.
So you're galloping through the forest looking for me, 'cause I was stolen by the evil witch, and you finally find me in the enchanted woods.
Give me the strength to guard my father from the evil machines!
Evil Spirits!
EVIL SPIRITS!
Cripes, Gov'nor. the Evil Spirit is at it again!
Evil Spirit.my eys!
And that chain spells repression to the evil.

News and current affairs

To cause a significant current evil in order to avoid a possible future danger when our knowledge is limited and our judgments uncertain is, Greenspan believes, unwise.
The evil outside world should not be able to touch the Land of the Free.
The only real winner would be the spirit of that evil.
Meanwhile, Google is not merely avoiding evil; it actively fights against it.
Abuse of power is evil, but power itself is not.
To allow them to win would be to accept the supremacy of evil.
America's recovery from unpopular policies in the past, such as the Vietnam War, took place against the backdrop of the Cold War, in which allied countries feared the Soviet Union as a greater evil.
They regarded Western democracies as weak - unwilling or unable to respond to their evil extremism.
Only when it does will its people be able to recognize their obligation to save those fleeing in the face of evil.
Any force is justified to avoid another Shoah, and those who shirk their duty to support such force are regarded as no better than collaborators with evil.
Such an approach should not be a goal in itself, but it might be a necessary evil to avert the danger of a euro implosion.
Wars are fights against evil tyrants and the illegitimate governments they control.
The rhetoric of personified evil is easily seen through American examples, but is hardly a uniquely American phenomenon.
Their deaths are easier to stomach, and to justify, so long as airmen and soldiers, and the public watching at home, believe the violence was at least directed against evil incarnate.
Ever since September 11, 2001, the United States has been engaged in a crusade against the forces of evil in the Muslim world.
Our default reaction, often reinforced by Western philosophical traditions and simplistic political rhetoric, is that evil acts must be the product of fundamentally evil or insane individuals.
The great contribution of social science to the understanding of human evil has been to expose unpalatable truths.
Implementing credible austerity plans constitutes the lesser evil, even if this aggravates the cyclical downturn in the short run.
Of course, interference in the internal affairs of another country isn't inherently evil.
Evil systems never seem to struggle to find the zombie henchmen they need.
One risk is that such thinking limits the options for dealing effectively with those who are cast as irredeemably evil.
In a series of studies, IMF economists have stopped treating the issue as one of good versus evil, and have started treating it as a run-of-the-mill economic choice: capital controls have costs and benefits that can be measured and compared.
What is coming to light is a much deeper evil, a loss of values within Israeli society and its government, such as never existed before.
Only the Kaiser and his evil henchmen were to blame.
Until political leaders reject the rhetoric of evil as a justification for war, war itself is unlikely to disappear.

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