human flesh

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandflesh

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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flesh
noun
uk
/fleʃ/us
/fleʃ/
the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones, or the soft inside part of a fruit ...
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(Definition ofhumanandfleshfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The attribute's instancing, in turn, would explain the clump's character ashumanflesh.
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It can only be a predator and a scavenger eating dirt, excrement andhumanflesh.
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They each engage with wild animals, but differently, facing and even being different sorts of dangers, as they change prey intohumanflesh, andhumanfleshinto reborn life.
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Medieval authorities insisted that martyrs were impassible because their flesh was materially and supernaturally different from normalhumanflesh.
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Finally, these stories enable us to say unambiguously that, under some circumstances, the eating ofhumanfleshwas unacceptable.
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That is too much forhumanflesh.
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Humanfleshis heir to a great many diseases.
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The animals have taboos just like humans, and a raven must not eat ofhumanfleshon the same day that it has eaten caribou.
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The story marks other features of the raven: the raven as a provider of non-human food and the eating ofhumanflesh.
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The flesh of ravens and bears is thought to resemble that of human beings and therefore their flesh is prohibited to those who have eatenhumanflesh.
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In that respect, they do not put the material things beforehumanfleshand blood.
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He is liable to the ills ofhumanflesh, and he will die some day.
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It enables people to withstand situations that are impossible forhumanfleshand blood to stand.
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I think it is the worst of all the diseases thathumanfleshis heir to.
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They do not eathumanflesh.
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They have a taste forhumanflesh.
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It is made primarily from deceasedhumanflesh.
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The water of this river could melthumanflesh.
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They find a clockwork automaton wrapped inhumanflesh.
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Furthermore, consumption ofhumanfleshwould violate kashrut.
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It gives its wearer an appetite forhumanflesh.
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