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Meanings of destroying angel in English

Portuguese
amanita phalloides
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Extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills.

amanita phalloides

Fungus similar to Amanita phalloides.

Synonyms
Examples for "Amanita verna"
Examples for "Amanita verna"
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They likewise refuse the mottled amanita ( Amanita pantherina, D. C.), the vernal amanita ( Amanita verna, FRIES) and the lemon-yellow amanita (Amanita citrina, SCHAEFF.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
Usage of destroying angel in English
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The Unknown seemed to tower above him like a destroying angel.
The Bat
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The sight maddened him, and like a destroying angel he was among them.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
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Mrs. Knight rushed into her husband's presence like a destroying angel.
The Auction Block
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He is a destroying angel in moving through the still watches of the night.
The Night-Born
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The destroying angel has overtaken the sinner in his sins.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 03: Massillon to Mason
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The man had come like a destroying angel between them and their fondest hopes.
The Prime Minister
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I trust the destroying angel will pass by this house!
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
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Oh, chance does not roam, like a destroying angel, through that 'snow-powder of stars!'
Beulah
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For nine days Peggy wrestled with the destroying angel.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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The destroying angel was, however, fearfully at work.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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An unscrupulous man in the editorial chair may smite as with the wing of a destroying angel.
The Abominations of Modern Society
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All the houses thus marked God said would be spared when the destroying angel passed through the land.
Mother Stories from the Old Testament / A Book of the Best Stori...
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The Norman slew like a bright destroying angel, breathing the swift and silent wrath of God upon mankind.
Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade
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The destroying angel guards this threshold.
Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
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The destroying angel has gone forth through this land to execute the fearful penalties of God's broken law.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence / The Best Speeches Delivered by...
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It is called a destroying angel.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
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