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sadistically

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sa·dism  (sdzm, sdz-)
n.
1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.
2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
3. Extreme cruelty.

[After Comte Donatien Alphonse François de Sade.]

sadist n.
sa·distic (s-dstk) adj.
sa·disti·cal·ly adv.
Translations
sadistically [səˈdɪstɪkli] advsadiquement
sadistically [səˈdɪstɪklɪ] advsadisticamente, in modo sadico


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Byline: TOM PARRY THE man who sadistically tortured Baby P along with the tot's mother and lodger was yesterday found guilty of raping a two-year-old girl.
Byline: LUKE TRAYNOR A TEENAGE killer who sadistically murdered a 15-year-old boy refused to confront his victim's grieving mum.
He travels back to his home town, where many years earlier a mentally unstable ventriloquist was sadistically killed by the local residents.
 
 
 
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