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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
pitiless
 pit‧i‧less/ˈpɪtɪləs/ adjective
1. showing no pity and not caring if people suffer SYN cruel:
▪ a pitiless tyrant
▪ the pitiless bombing of Guernica
2. literary pitiless wind, rain, or sun is very severe and shows no sign of changing:
▪ a night of pitiless rain
—pitilessly adverb
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a pitiless dictator
▪ the pitiless desert sun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Charles Dickens come back, there is plenty of material for a new novel about pitiless employers and hapless employees.
▪ Even the darkness of night and the pitiless storm failed to stop the fierce contest....
▪ He goes away from a living woman to celebrate his pitiless wedding with a shadowy ideal of conduct.
▪ It reveals with pitiless clarity the inferiority of what has gone before.
▪ Nevertheless, there are a few tales told of him which show him pitiless and cruel.
▪ The measures to be taken could be pitiless indeed.
▪ Their pitiless tide floods virtually every scene.
▪ Would she ever feel at home in this relentless, pitiless city?
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