Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rabid; maddened.

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Examples

  • Den pakistanske efterretningstjeneste, ISI, havde nu fuldstændig frie hænder til at støtte først den mest rabiate islamist af alle mujahedinerne, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, dernæst de stakkels vildførte talebanere, opdrættet i saudisk-sponserede madrassaer i de pakistanske flygtningelejres elendighed.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2010

  • On the contrary, e.g. Benny Morris, a rabiate Zionist historian, holds that by May the Palestinians were "thoroughly beaten"

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • If you read back you will see that when I first introduced Morris I wrote: "Benny Morris, a rabiate Zionist historian,"

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

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