Dire
Dire adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- This is where one specific death/murder is treated as far more dire than the others, despite the circumstances meaning there should be little difference from others considering the countless people whom you brutally killed before, especially as you probably enjoyed torturing them, too.
Source: Selective Condemnation -
Both are common to Chinese crime fiction, where a confession on the part of the witness is required before conviction of a crime, and torturing someone into a false confession can have dire consequences.
Source: Literature / Judge Dee
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