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satanic

 adjective
     
sa‧tan‧ic
1RR relating to practices that treat the Devil like a god
satanic ritual/cult/rite
The children were abused as part of a satanic ritual.
2 literary extremely cruel or evil:
satanic laughter
—satanically adverb
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