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::: carnage - destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals
::: pediatrician - physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics
::: barrister - counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
::: institution - instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom, practice, or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage
::: anoint - consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)
::: detraction - slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor
::: kinetic - producing motion; of motion
::: ineluctable - irresistible; not to be escaped; unavoidable
::: skeptic - sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism
::: detonation - explosion