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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Writers occasionally forget the meaning of ‘scarifying’ and use it as a synonym for’frightening.’ Mostly a malapropism or misspelling, but with some mild semantic leakage.
Heart explores grand themes like alternate societies or alternate technologies whereas the horror genre is really only a matter of scarefying monsters.
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... who recently told us in the new scarefying Maclean’s magazine that anyone who accuses Israel of disproportionate use of force in the Hezbollah encounter …
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Now,” said he, ” let us see ; ” but he had hardly cast his eyes on the register and the bold handwriting, still wet, than he gave a scarefied start, crying, ...
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