as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
an apocalyptic sci-fi classic in which a lone drifter fights to avoid the bestial existence lived by the mass of survivors
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The Beast taps into man’s bestial nature, inviting visitors through Jack the Ripper’s London, the Werewolf Forest and a maze in a medieval castle that defies visitors to find a way out.
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Robert Trussell, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Rodin’s Crouching Woman, paired in the exhibit with Claudel’s later work of the same name, is locked in an unlikely, bestial position.
—Farah Peterson, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
It’s also built to meet Appendix K FIA regulations for competition, with a period-correct 5.3-liter V-8 that makes appropriately bestial noises.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2022
Black Adam was never going to be the role in which Johnson reclaimed his bestial side.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
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Robert Trussell, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Rodin’s Crouching Woman, paired in the exhibit with Claudel’s later work of the same name, is locked in an unlikely, bestial position.
—Farah Peterson, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
It’s also built to meet Appendix K FIA regulations for competition, with a period-correct 5.3-liter V-8 that makes appropriately bestial noises.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2022
Black Adam was never going to be the role in which Johnson reclaimed his bestial side.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
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“Bestial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestial. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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