Cruel and Native

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Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

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Native and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Cruel".

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

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Cruel and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Kindly enlightened races are native to beautiful planets with congenial climate; cruel, benighted races arise on ugly planets with brutal weather.

Source: Overused Sci Fi Settings
He was infuriated at the cruel manner in which his compatriots treated the Native Americans, and tried to intervene on the natives' behalf.

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World Half Empty: Westernized society is shown to be corrupt and cruel, epitomized by the awful industrial town of "Machine." Unusually, Native society isn't idealized in comparison.

Source: Film / Deadman

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