Biting
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- This has led many people to think of Jonathan Swift as nothing more than a writer of a whimsical children's tale, when in reality he was a vicious and biting satirist who regularly savaged society in his writings.
Source: "Weird Al" Effect -
If it eats a spider, it gains the ability to shoot webs; if it eats a dog, it gains a row of vicious teeth for biting, etc.
Source: Cannibalism Superpower -
In the Star Wars Legends novel Shatterpoint, Kar Vastor pulls this on Mace Windu, biting Mace's neck and unsuccessfully trying to tear out his jugular in an vicious unarmed brawl.
Source: Man Bites Man
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