Kicks
Nails
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Chloe Valens in Tales of Legendia is a tough-as-nails swordswoman who kicks everyone's asses and takes names.
Source: Action Girl / Video Games - Enfant Terrible: Caligula's daughter, Julia Drusilla, is a savage little monster who kicks and tears at people with her nails and wishes she could kill her mother.
Source: Literature / I, Claudius -
He's accompanied in each movie by a tough-as-nails companion, who's always an attractive woman in a deliberate subversion of the "brawny man, weak woman" stereotype (Carsen himself can't fight worth a damn when it comes to throwing kicks and punches).
Source: Film / The Librarian
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