freak of nature

collocation in English

meaningsoffreakandnature

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freak
adjective[before noun]
uk
/friːk/us
/friːk/
very unusual ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition offreakandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffreak of nature

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Here, the fantastical sphinx, herself afreakofnature, becomes the emblem of good design, abstract and laden with symbolic meaning.
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Only if that is not, or cannot be, done because of afreakofnaturein the area is it necessary to consider these other alternatives.
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Their official news release concluded that there were no visible archaeological remains and that this formation was afreakofnatureand not man-made.
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When a cat hisses at him, he is enraged and argues with the cat, and accuses it of thinking he is afreakofnature.
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The word usually connotes something wrong or evil; a monster is generally morally objectionable, physically or psychologically hideous, and/or afreakofnature.
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Baartman was considered afreakofnature.
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Perhaps the only exception would be the really great philosphers, scientists and artists, but they are freaks of nature.
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The storms of which we have had experience during the last two winters are not freaks of nature which will not return for 100 years.
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By one of the freaks of nature, some of the most valuable minerals in this country have been placed in the most beautiful parts of the country.
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He decided to create a show that featured various oddball characters and freaks of nature.
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Freak continues to be used to describe genetic mutations in plants and animals, i.e. freaks of nature.
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Such progeny are variants or freaks of nature, and are unsuitable for further propagation if the aim is the heredity of specific traits. 4.
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Others have bizarre limbs or organs grafted onto their bodies, making them freaks of nature.
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He's one of those little freaks of nature.
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