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  • 1dread — dreadable, adj. dreadness, n. /dred/, v.t. 1. to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death. 2. to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties. 3. Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. v.i. 4. to be in… …

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  • 2dread — I. verb Etymology: Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to fear greatly b. archaic to regard with awe 2. to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face intrans …

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  • 3Extreme weather events of 535–536 — The extreme weather events of 535–536 were the most severe and protracted short term episodes of cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years.[1] The event is thought to have been caused by an extensive atmospheric dust veil,… …

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  • 4Obscene Extreme — Location(s) Czech Republic, Europe Years active since 1999 Date(s) July Genre Extreme metal, grindcore, metal Website …

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  • 5Chemical weapons in World War I — A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of chemical weapons in World War I ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare… …

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  • 6daymare —    Also known as ephialtes vigilantium. The term daymare is indebted to the Old English noun mare, which means hag or goblin. It is used to denote an episode of acute anxiety, distress, or terror occurring during a period of wakefulness, which is …

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  • 7trance — trance1 trancedly /transt lee, tran sid lee/, adv. trancelike, adj. /trans, trahns/, n., v., tranced, trancing. n. 1. a half conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended. 2. a… …

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  • 8acrophobia — (n.) morbid fear of heights, 1887, medical Latin, from Gk. akros at the end, the top (see ACRID (Cf. acrid)) + phobia fear (see PHOBIA (Cf. phobia)). Coined by Italian physician Dr. Andrea Verga in a paper describing the condition, from which… …

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  • 9trance — (n.) late 14c., state of extreme dread or suspense, also a dazed, half conscious or insensible condition, from O.Fr. transe fear of coming evil, originally passage from life to death (12c.), from transir be numb with fear, originally die, pass on …

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  • 10terror — n. 1. Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread. 2. Cause of fear …

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