abyssal

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His instincts are faster, righter than his over-thinking, under-using enemies, and despite their superior weapons, black magic, armies and slaves, they fall to his sword surely as the abyssal beasts he sometimes slays.

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  1. adjective Abysmal; unfathomable.
  2. adjective Of or relating to the great depths of the oceans.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the region of the ocean bottom between the bathyal and hadal zones, from depths of approximately 3,000 to 6,000 meters (10,000 to 20,000 feet).

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  • Like an eagle's cry, I thought, squirming slightly, then, light Pale blue light Light so pale it was almost as black as the abyssal midnight on which I'd closed my eyes some forever long time ago. —  Asimov's SF, October-November2006
  • Interspersed on the abyssal plains and continental slope are an estimated 14000 seamounts, topographic features extending 1000 m off the seafloor. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Google Ocean expands this map to include large swathes of the ocean floor and abyssal plain. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Dive beneath it and the oceanic mountain ranges, trenches and abyssal plains are there for all to see. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • With the help of the latest version of the Google Earth software, users can clearly see the oceanic mountain ranges, trenches and abyssal plains. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
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