madman
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.
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The problem with the madman strategy, of course, is that both sides can play it, setting up a catastrophic game of Chicken.
It’s Not Irrational to Party Like It’s 1999 - Issue 108: Change | Steven Pinker | November 17, 2021 | NautilusFederal prosecutors have described the Capitol rioters as a fringe group of violent extremists, conspiracy theorists and madmen.
Inside One Combat Vet's Journey From Defending His Country to Storming the Capitol | W.J. Hennigan/Washington | July 9, 2021 | TimeIn 2012, the nation was horrified when a madman massacred 20 little girls and boys and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
They Killed the Jan. 6 Commission. Now We Need to Kill the Filibuster. | Cliff Schecter | May 28, 2021 | The Daily BeastLiu had been married just two months before and his wife now stood in this Brooklyn hospital, a sudden widow because of a madman.
By giving an artistic veto to a madman, we submit to the mindset of a slave.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror | David Keyes | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In 1997, the influential Italian designer was killed by a madman on a killing spree.
Princess Diana, Kate Moss, Donna Karan, and More Reactions to Gianni Versace’s 1997 Murder | The Fashion Beast Team | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to dismiss this as a case of a lone “madman” would be a mistake.
A madman has just ravaged an elementary school in Connecticut, leaving 20 children and six faculty dead in his wake.
Would she let Alessandro become a raging madman, and finally kill both himself and her?
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonVile aniseed brandy—liquid fire—was sold cheap, and many a man who began the day cool and sober ended it as a raving madman.
The Chequers | James Runciman"It is a madman," declared the servant, and flattened herself against the hedge.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaHe dragged the blackened brush through a vessel of clear water, then brandished it like the madman Mata thought him.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaBut I declare this king worthy of being confined as a madman if he were so atrociously besotted.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for madman
/ (ˈmædmən) /
a man who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic
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