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relentless(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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ruthless(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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severe(adjective, mean, harsh, cruel, pitiless)
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unforgiving(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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unmerciful(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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unpitying(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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unrelenting(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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unsparing(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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unsympathetic(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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unyielding(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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wanton(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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compassionless(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
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dog eat dog(expression, adjective, idiom, mean, severe)
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ironfisted(adjective, unsparing, inhumane)
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