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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaitan
Noun
  • The only survivor is his youngest sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a demon herself.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
  • Hero Tanjiro Kamado, a boy who joined the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was transformed into a demon, finds himself and his Demon Slayer comrades inside the demons’ stronghold – the Infinity Castle, where the scene is set for the final battle between Corps and demons.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Assign someone to challenge ideas or play devil’s advocate.
    Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Like, Mars is a character, kind of like a devil on my shoulder.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • But what do the locals actually think of their vampire-like namesake, who is believed to be the vengeful ghost of a woman who died in pregnancy or childbirth? To find out, researcher Timo Duile headed to Pontianak for conversations with ethnic Malay Muslim and Dayak Christian residents.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 July 2025
  • The ghosts of late 1950s-early 1960s country favorites Maybelle Carter and Patsy Cline share space with pop-soul icons The Shirelles.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Some titles are now out of print, but these classic horror stories are a great foray into the world of ghosts, ghouls, and things that go bump in the night.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Despite those forty-three words, the ghoul that the North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention feared most had risen—caste preservationists debuted a new caste system.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
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“Shaitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaitan. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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