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out-herod

 

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Verb out-herod has 1 sense
  1. out-herod - surpass someone in cruelty or evil
    --1 is one way to
    surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody

Definitions from the Web

Term: out-herod

Part of Speech: verb

Sense: to surpass or exceed someone in villainous behavior or action

Usage:

1. He out-heroded all the other actors in the play by overacting his role as the evil villain.

2. The criminal's violence and ruthlessness out-heroded any other criminal the city had ever seen.

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