Bare
Mean
Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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This would mean not just the surgical head, (who Laura beat to death bare-handed over ten fucking minutes) guards and scientists, but the receptionists, janitorial staff. Everyone.
Source: Pay Evil unto Evil -
Just because my media only put the bare minimum into his journalistic skills doesn't mean he starts at MSNBC. 2297.
- For a good example of why, it's shown that a previous employer of his once tried to summon an Eldritch Abomination; when Gadjo realized that The End of the World as We Know It would mean no more bakers and therefore no more pies, he proceeded to rip his boss' head off with his bare hands.
Source: Berserk Button / Fan Works
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