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Collocations for evil - noun

ADJECTIVE

great
absolute, pure
the pure evil in his soul
intrinsic
the intrinsic evil of taking a human life
lesser
This sort of job is a lesser evil than unemployment.
moral, social
to combat the social evils of poverty, disease and ignorance

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VERB + evil

commit, do
His simple message was that God will punish those that do evil.
combat, fight, resist
You can always choose to resist evil.
defeat, destroy, overcome
a duty to defeat the evil of terrorism

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PHRASES

the forces of evil
a perpetual struggle between the forces of good and the forces of evil
good and evil
not a simple choice between good and evil
a necessary evil
He calls war ‘a necessary evil’.
the root of all evil
He sees money as the root of all evil.

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Collocations for evil - adj.

VERBS

be, look, seem
become

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ADVERB

particularly, really, truly, very
Kristin smiled a particularly evil smile.
completely, totally, wholly
basically, inherently, intrinsically
He believes that all people are basically evil.

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Evil is used with these nouns:
cackle, character, creature, curse, deed, demon, design, force, genius, grin, ideology, influence, intention, laugh, laughter, menace, monster, motive, omen, person, plan, plot, presence, scheme, smell, smirk, spirit, thought, trade, twin, tyrant, villain, woman

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