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  • Weber was twenty-two years old and had never seen a naked woman before; he was not one of the diehard and compulsive immolatory rapists such as the Croats and the German Czechs who had joined up, and in any case military rape did not require the removal of a woman's clothing; its brutality was perfunctory, and it was concluded with a killing.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • As of this writing, we have no news on whether Terry Jones, the Potty Pastor of Gainesville, is carrying through on a new murderous threat: not yet reacted publicly to the Florida cleric's immolatory promise.

    "BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader 2010

  • It wasn't easy to build this car; photos of V-10 prototypes meeting a self-immolatory end have circulated around the Web for some time now.

    Speed:Sport:Life 2009

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