Cruel and Original

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Original adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.

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Cruel and original are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Original".

Kids Are Cruel: Unlike the original short story, the original children arent teenagers when they killed their parents, but mostly consisted of pre-adolescents.

Source: Film / Disciples of the Crow
Tokyo Ghoul managed to pull a particularly cruel example of the trope, ending the original series with Kaneki's apparent death at the hands of the legendary Ghoul Investigator Arima.

Source: Our Hero Is Dead
A cruel variation in the original Famicom version: Rejecting the Partner means she attacks you and kills you, being much stronger than she is when she joins your party.

Source: Video Game / Megami Tensei II

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