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relentless

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re·lent·less  (r-lntls)
adj.
1. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution.
2. Steady and persistent; unremitting: the relentless beat of the drums.

re·lentless·ly adv.
re·lentless·ness n.

relentless
Adjective
1. never stopping or reducing in severity: relentless deterioration in standards
2. (of a person) determined and pitiless
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.relentlessrelentless - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
implacable - incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy"
2.relentlessrelentless - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"

relentless
Translations
relentless [rɪˈlɛntlɪs] adjimplacable
relentless [rɪˈlɛntlɪs] relent adjimplacable (= non-stop); continuel(le)
relentless [rɪˈlɛntlɪs] relent adj (heat, noise) → erbarmungslos;
(enemy etc) → unerbittlich
relentless [rɪˈlɛntlɪs] adjimplacabile


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But what all England did not know De Vac had gleaned from scraps of conversation dropped in the armory: that Henry was even now negotiating with the leaders of foreign mercenaries, and with Louis IX of France, for a sufficient force of knights and menat-arms to wage a relentless war upon his own barons that he might effectively put a stop to all future interference by them with the royal prerogative of the Plantagenets to misrule England.
He was relentless in worrying him about his soul's concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly.
When Ming Huang bade the masterful eunuch Kao Li-shih unlace the poet's boots, he gave him a relentless enemy whose malice pursued him, until at length he was glad to beg leave to retire from the court, where he was never at ease and to which he never returned.
 
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