telepathic ability

collocation in English

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telepathic
adjective
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/ˌtel.ɪˈpæθ.ɪk/us
/ˌtel.əˈpæθ.ɪk/
having or showing the ability to know what is in someone else's mind, or to communicate with someone mentally, without using words or other ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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They are identified by a metal collar worn around the neck, used to focus theirtelepathicability.
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The leech wished for the ability to communicate with every living thing, giving ittelepathicability.
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In his humanoid form he has thetelepathicabilityto command birds.
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Telepathicabilityis innate and inheritable but can remain latent and undetected in untrained persons.
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Any use of her telepathy would result in his release, so she forgoes the use of hertelepathicability.
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First, that she does not speak in the stories, but instead relies on atelepathicability.
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She has a specialtelepathicabilityto communicate with monsters.
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Grogs, though friendly, are feared by humanity, due to theirtelepathicabilityto control the minds of animals (and possibly sentient species as well).
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He also has thetelepathicabilityto cause nightmares.
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Like humans, the degree oftelepathicabilityvaries with the individual.
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When he awakens, they discover that she has some form oftelepathicability, and are able to converse.
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He has demonstratedtelepathicability, including mind-reading on occasion, and has proven to be able to influence human emotion and sensation.
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These dolphins had greatly increased intelligence, including a degree oftelepathicability, and had developed means of verbally communicating with humans because of the genetic metasynth enhancement.
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This headband consists of highly sophisticated technologies that not only allow him to control his spaceship remotely, but affords him a high degree oftelepathicability.
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Males are tested for telepathy; the ones who exhibittelepathicabilityare forced into addiction of a drug derived from the lymph of an animal called a "sthondat".
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They are wary of revealing themselves to humans, which they realize are much more technologically advanced, but can not be understood due to their lack oftelepathicability.
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He possesses telepathic abilities enabling him to control the minds of others and to locate people by detecting their brain patterns.
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The outcome was however a race of people who not only lack empathic or telepathic abilities, but are also utterly devoid of compassion.
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She could only communicate via her telepathic abilities, which always caused pain in the recipient.
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A telepath is usually depicted as being born with telepathic abilities or developing them gradually in childhood.
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