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- verb Present participle of
monster .
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Examples
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In 2002, troops in Afghanistan coined the term monstering to describe one interrogator’s war against a prisoner’s desperate need for sleep.
Dear President Bush, 2009
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In 2002, troops in Afghanistan coined the term monstering to describe one interrogator’s war against a prisoner’s desperate need for sleep.
Dear President Bush, 2009
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MPs diddling their receipts, just like hacks "monstering" celebs, is one of those things we always had an inkling was commonplace.
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The tale of what Jefferies' solicitor has called his client's "monstering" is a particularly lamentable one, but the full horror failed to come across.
They'd built Charlotte Church up, and felt they could knock her down | Sketch 2011
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It is of a monster enterprise monstering itself, of a family that can't get a grip – on itself or dad; of a dynasty falling apart as shareholders splutter and investors turned chicken cross the road.
News Corp saga is gripping: let's soak up the family drama 2011
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The Tory whips couldn't stop – or didn't even bother trying to stop – Conservative MPs from monstering Nick Clegg.
His calamity cabinet must be the despair of David Cameron | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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Hence the monstering of Carson's reputation, an act of deliberate misinformation, say Oreskes and Conway, that has become the hallmark of a group of far-right institutions that are funded by businesses and conservative foundations and supported by a coterie of rightwing scientists who believe ecological threats are made up by lefty researchers as part of a grand plan to expand government control over our lives.
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If you don't think it is Brown then I suggest you do not make a daily habit of monstering the Conservatives.
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Per the network and ABC Studios' agreement with "Lost" exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, the island-hopping/time-shifting/ smoke-monstering series is due to flash into history at the end of next season.
Franklin Avenue 2009
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If you missed Jon Snow monstering Alistair Darling, watch here — absolutely brilliant: and totemic.
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