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black magic

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black magic
n.
Magic practiced for evil purposes or in league with supposed evil spirits; witchcraft.
black magic
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) magic used for evil purposes by invoking the power of the devil
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Noun1.black magicblack magic - the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
black art, necromancy, sorcery
magic, thaumaturgy - any art that invokes supernatural powers
witchcraft, witchery - the art of sorcery
bewitchment, enchantment - a magical spell
demonism, diabolism, Satanism - a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
obiism - belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
black magic
noun witchcraft, magic, witching, voodoo, the occult, wizardry, enchantment, sorcery, occultism, incantation, black art, witchery, necromancy, diabolism, sortilege I believed in black magic and white magic.
Translations
black magic n → magia nera
black magic n → magia nera


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Few, if any, had the temerity to visit old Bukawai, firstly because of fear of his black magic and the two hyenas who dwelt with him and were commonly known to be devils masquerading, and secondly because of the loathsome disease which had caused Bukawai to be an outcast--a disease which was slowly eating away his face.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
There is black magic somewhere at the bottom of this.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
His companion laughed nervously, and moved away, to repeat the conversation, with variations and exaggerations, to others of the black soldiery, so that it was not long before a frightful tale of black magic and sudden death was woven about the giant prisoner, and had gone the rounds of the camp.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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