Down
Down noun - A soft airy substance or covering.
Viciousness and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Viciousness" instead a noun "Down".
Nearby Word: downed
Viciousness
Viciousness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Down and viciousness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead a noun "Viciousness".
Both words in one sentence
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Ichabod Crane's borrowed horse Gunpowder in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: "The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plow-horse, that had outlived almost everything but its viciousness."
Source: Moody Mount -
The honey badger's toughness and viciousness is lampshaded in a hunting quest where you are given a heavy machine gun to hunt it down, and before you can fully accept the quest, you must say "yes" no less than 4 times to start the mission.
Source: Predators Are Mean
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