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sa·dis·tic | \ sə-ˈdi-stik 
also sā- or sa- \
also sā- or sa- \Definition of sadistic
: of, relating to, or characterized by sadism sadistic fantasies : taking pleasure in the infliction of pain, punishment, or humiliation on others
a leg … sawed off in sections by a sadistic surgeon — The New Yorker For my 41st birthday, an especially sadistic buddy gave me a video of me falling off my skateboard nearly 160 times.— Bret Anthony Johnston
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sadistically \ sə-ˈdi-sti-k(ə-)lē also sā- or sa- \ adverb
also sā- or sa- \ adverb
… in a gangster story realism requires that the hoods kill each other off and do so sadistically. — Robert F. Moss
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The first known use of sadistic was in 1892
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