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demon
1[ dee-muhn ]
noun
- an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- an evil passion or influence.
- a person considered extremely wicked, evil, or cruel.
- a person with great energy, drive, etc.:
He's a demon for work.
- a person, especially a child, who is very mischievous:
His younger son is a real little demon.
- Australian Slang. a policeman, especially a detective.
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or noting a demon.
- possessed or controlled by a demon.
demon-
2- variant of demono- before a vowel:
demonism.
demon
/ ˈ徱ːə /
noun
- an evil spirit or devil
- a person, habit, obsession, etc, thought of as evil, cruel, or persistently tormenting
- Also calleddaemondaimon an attendant or ministering spirit; genius
the demon of inspiration
- a person who is extremely skilful in, energetic at, or devoted to a given activity, esp a sport
a demon at cycling
- ( as modifier )
a demon cyclist
- a variant spelling of daemon
- informal.a detective or policeman
- computing a part of a computer program, such as a help facility, that can run in the background behind the current task or application, and which will only begin to work when certain conditions are met or when it is specifically invoked
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of demon1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of demon1
Example Sentences
They exorcised their rivalry demons by defeating the Trojans in the Big Ten tournament for their first conference tournament championship since 2006.
The crusty bounty hunter was murdered during an attempted bust, but is resurrected by Satan and given a new assignment: tracking down demons who have escaped from Hell.
We have gotten to this point because our society recently pushed for more justice, particularly in our schools, and that push summoned our demons and now they are lashing out more violently.
What demons is he battling on “Dream Manifest”? “I’m always battling the ego as any true creative is doing. Not the ego in the sense of, ‘I think I’m great.’
Of course, each of those moments is different, and today’s censorship is nowhere near as violent or twisted as yesterday’s, but some version of yesterday’s demons still haunt us.
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