elemental

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It was like the riving of thunderbolts above the roar of floods--elemental, prophetic, threatening, ungovernable.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or being an element.
  2. adjective Fundamental or essential; basic.
  3. adjective Of or relating to fundamentals; elementary.
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  • Monopole antennas are pretty elemental -- just a big metal rod, spewing out radiation in all directions -- but they quickly grow more elaborate. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
  • She had the unmistakable lemon tang of an air-elemental, and Dante could see the 40 Lilith Saintcrow determination in her stride. —  Author Galley
  • The center of the elemental was in constant motion, and a tendril of fire dipped down to the earth. —  VANCE MOORE
  • Before he could make a sound, the elemental was on him. —  VANCE MOORE
  • The barbarian looked to his penned elemental, the boundless hunger of the primal being perhaps the only answer to the carnivores that struggled from the cages and pens Bears, cougars, and wolves moved together toward the pair Two Krosan dragonettes struggle from their enclosure, the six- legged reptiles ignoring the surrounding carrion as they closed The mountain warrior eyed the ambassador. —  VANCE MOORE
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  1. = Spanish Portuguese elemental; as element + -al.
 

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