Collocations withevil
These are words often used in combination withevil.
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ancient evil
This portal would bring an ancient evil into the backwaters.
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chaotic evil
They possess a strong charisma that attracts other chaotic evil creatures.
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existence of evil
This claim is then used to support the conclusion that a free-will defence cannot provide a satisfactory (partial) account of the existence of evil.
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grave evil
I recognise that there is a very grave evil, and it has resulted to some extent in the depopulation of our country districts.
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great evil
We won the war, and defeated the great evil.
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greatest evil
The greatest evil is to presume to sculpt the human clay (3: 99).
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lesser evil
But there is a cost, even if it is sometimes the lesser evil.
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moral evil
In the case of moral evil, it includes perpetrators of evil-doing.
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pure evil
Thus, to suppress or distort alterations in the exchange rate is pure evil.
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