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cruellest

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Exhibiting extreme cruelty or causing intense suffering

Sample Sentence:

The cruellest acts of war have left scars on the survivors that may never heal.

Sense 2: Showing no mercy or compassion

Sample Sentence:

His cruellest remark was enough to shatter her self-esteem.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: The superlative form of 'cruel', indicating the most extreme level of cruelty

Sample Sentence:

Among all the villains in the story, the Cruellest was the most feared.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Sense 1: In an extremely cruel manner

Sample Sentence:

He treated the prisoners cruellest by keeping them in solitary confinement.

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