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superhuman

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su·per·hu·man  (spr-hymn)
adj.
1. Above or beyond the human; preternatural or supernatural.
2. Beyond ordinary or normal human ability, power, or experience: "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery" (John Reed).
super·hu·mani·ty (-mn-t) n.
super·human·ly adv.
superhuman [ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən]
adj
1. having powers above and beyond those of mankind
2. exceeding normal human ability or experience
superhumanity , superhumanness n
superhumanly  adv
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Adj.1.superhuman - above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"
subhuman - less than human or not worthy of a human being; "treated natives as subhuman"; "a subhuman spectacle"; "the subhuman primates"
superhuman
adjective heroic, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, herculean Officers were terrified of his superhuman strength.
Translations
superhuman [ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən] ADJ [strength, efforts, powers] → sobrehumano
superhuman [ˌsuːpərˈhjuːmən] adj [strength, efforts] → surhumain(e)
superhuman [ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən] adj → sovrumano/a
superhuman
adj superhuman [suːpəˈhjuːmən]
divine, or beyond what is human superhuman powers; a man of superhuman strength. supermenslik فوْق طاقَة البَشَر свръхчовешки nadlidský overmenneskelig übermenschlich υπερφυσικός sobrehumano üleinimlik فرا انساني yliluonnollinen surhumain עַל-אֶנוֹשִי दैवी, दिव्य, आलौकिक, अतिमानवीय nadljudski, natčovječni emberfölötti adikodrati ofurmannlegur sovrumano 超人的な 초인간적인 antžmogiškas, nežmoniškas pārcilvēcisks sangat luar biasa bovenmenselijk overmenneskelig; guddommelig nadludzki sobrehumano supra­ome­nesc сверхчеловеческий nadľudský nadčloveški nadljudski övermänsklig เหนือผู้คน insanüstü 超人的 надлюдський فوق انسانی siêu phàm 超人的
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But however prolonged and exhausting the chase, the harpooneer is expected to pull his oar meanwhile to the uttermost; indeed, he is expected to set an example of superhuman activity to the rest, not only by incredible rowing, but by repeated loud and intrepid exclamations; and what it is to keep shouting at the top of one's compass, while all the other muscles are strained and half started --what that is none know but those who have tried it.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
He was caught between fire and water; he made a superhuman effort, the effort of a counterfeiter of money who is on the point of being boiled, and who seeks to escape.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
In silence the three men followed the new trail, all puzzled beyond measure to account for the death of Number One at the hands of what must have been a creature of superhuman strength.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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