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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of an alien.

Etymologies

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alien +‎ -like

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Examples

  • And then the humans took over, alienlike figures, their faces distorted by thick biomasks, loading the wounded onto stretchers.

    Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009

  • And then the humans took over, alienlike figures, their faces distorted by thick biomasks, loading the wounded onto stretchers.

    Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009

  • Roswell 'was plane full of alienlike children sent by Stalin'

    CNET News.com 2011

  • May 14, 2011 12:02 PM PDT Roswell 'was plane full of alienlike children sent by Stalin'

    CNET News.com 2011

  • The conventional approach -- the center-pivot sprinklers that create alienlike green crop circles in the middle of brown deserts easily visible when flying overhead -- is extremely wasteful, spraying water into the air where a major fraction evaporates...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kyle Rabin 2012

  • This plane was, so the book reportedly relates, full of alienlike children, created in a eugenics experiment by a Nazi who equalled the evil of Stalin himself, Joseph Mengele.

    CNET News.com 2011

  • That August, a newspaper printed an eyewitness description of a bipedal creature, 4 to 5 feet tall with spikes down its back, long, thin arms and legs, and an alienlike oblong head with red or black eyes.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • Recent posts from Technically Incorrect A bus driver uses two cell phones, while driving Roswell 'was plane full of alienlike children sent by Stalin' A Russian airplane out of control in flight?

    CNET News.com 2011

  • Three alienlike bald men in blue makeup lead the audience through oddball acts involving everyday objects.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • Ms. McPherson’s image of a stunning, alienlike woman with a heart-shaped hole cut through her chest stands out among the pop-culture-cluttered landscape on Juno’s wall.

    That Painter From <i>Juno</i> 2008

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