beast

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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings a frigid night that was fit for neither man nor beast

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as in headache
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work controlling the state's vast bureaucracy has always been a beast

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“Beast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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