Acid
Cruel
Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Cruel Mercy: When Snell is hit with an acid sprayer, he begs Charley to put him out of his misery.
Source: Comicbook / Battle -
Cruel and Unusual Death: Jonathan Reiss is thrown into the acid that surrounds the cradle and is melted alive, screaming all the while.
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Cruel and Unusual Death: The Company occasionally executes prisoners by staking them out in acid rain storms and letting nature do the work for them.
Source: Series / Killjoys
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