vicious
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日本語WordNet
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
having the nature of vice
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
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Deliberately cruel or violent; spiteful; savage; morally corrupt or depraved.
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Climate change can trigger a vicious cycle of environmental degradation.
気候変動は環境悪化の悪循環を引き起こす可能性がある。
Breaking the vicious circle requires intervention.
悪循環を断ち切るには介入が必要である。
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