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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

(chess)vicious

Hi.
What does 'vicious' mean in:

o far, I have discussed winning by vicious attacks and winning by the more mundane (but highly effective) method of simply capturing your opponent's pieces.

Thanks in advance
  

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It's a melodramatic way of saying 'strong and very aggressive'. It's a rather subjective adjective to use in a discussion of chess. Clive

— Clive

  • It's a melodramatic way of saying 'strong and very aggressive'.
  • It's a rather subjective adjective to use in a discussion of chess.
  • Clive
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It's a melodramatic way of saying 'strong and very aggressive'. It's a rather subjective adjective to use in a discussion of chess.

Clive
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No. That''s not similar at all. Have you looked up 'vicious' in your dictionary?

Clive
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My bilingual dictionary says it means violent, animal-like
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I bet it doesn't say that for 'stormy'.Emotion: geeked

Clive
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