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Recent Examples of madman
Suppose tomorrow that madman in North Korea decides to strike the United States?
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Hollywood or Bust was directed by ’50s madman Frank Tashlin, whose comedies were like ebullient clashing plaids.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
To most of us, the words and actions of geniuses are often indistinguishable from those of madmen.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madman
Noun
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Local truffles are also on sale, not pungent but neither pricey and historically called devil’s mushroom by those who considered them as food for witches.—
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On her journey, Gerda makes friends with people, birds, beasts, and a kind witch, unaware that a hostile, unseen enemy – the Snow Queen and her devil apprentice, Louie – is watching her.—
Noun
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Tank Adams, is another favorite cowboy out of Oklahoma.—
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South Florida Soul Rodeo 2025: Black cowboy culture and live R&B Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter Tour is not making a stop in Florida, but people will be partaking in cowboy culture at the South Florida Soul Rodeo this weekend.—
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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