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Gadarene

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Gad·a·ra  (gdr-)
An ancient city of Palestine southeast of the Sea of Galilee. It was one of the Greek cities of the Decapolis.
Gada·rene (gd-rn, gd-rn) adj. & n.
Gadarene [ˈgædəˌriːn]
adj
relating to or engaged in a headlong rush
[via Late Latin from Greek Gadarēnos, of Gadara (Palestine), alluding to the Biblical Gadarene swine (Matthew 8:28ff.)]


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Lower and lower sank her gunwale as we dropped aboard her, with no more care than the Gadarene swine whose fate we courted.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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