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Beast
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beast BEAST
English
The +
Proper noun
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en biblical A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
en Apocalypse: a commentary on Revelation in words and images 69 Robert H. Smith 2000 The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.
A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.
en the Beast of Bodmin Moor
en US politics slang The United States presidential state car.
en US military slang A cadet's basic training at West Point.
en 2014 David Lipsky Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point 8 Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.
en 2019 Conrad Taylor PATH to FREEDOM: My Story of Perseverance I was able to keep up with the herd and evade the Beast. Cadet Basic Training ended with a rigorous twenty four-hour exercise that included a twelve-mile, rite-of-passage road march to West Point
Derived terms
en mark of the beast, en Number of the Beast
Translations
figure in the Book of Revelation
Catalan: ca Bèstia f
Esperanto: eo apokalipsa besto
Finnish: fi Peto
French: fr Bête f
German: de Tier n
Greek: el Θηρίο n
Portuguese: pt Besta f
Russian: ru Зверь m
Spanish: es Bestia f
See also
The Beast (Revelation)
Anagrams
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