Cruelty and Magic

Cruelty

Cruelty noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

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Magic and cruelty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Magic" instead a noun "Cruelty".

Nearby Words: cruel, cruelly

Magic noun - The power to control natural forces through supernatural means.

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Cruelty and magic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruelty" instead a noun "Magic".

Nearby Words: magical, magician, mage, magically

human	human cruelty	human magic
physical	physical cruelty	physical magic
pure	pure cruelty	pure magic
natural	natural cruelty	natural magic
Other adjectives: actual, real, weak, inherent, basic.

It hardly needs to be said that the magic will be used for evil and cruelty.

Source: Video Game / Dwarf Fortress
Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma: Or rather, the common apostrophe; the title suggests that the club belongs to just one magic user.

Source: Anime / Magic User's Club
Black Mages, on the other hand, find this process cumbersome and inconvenient, so they power their magic with other people's souls, generally wrenched from them through acts of tremendous mental and physical cruelty.

Source: Powered by a Forsaken Child

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