Beast
Proper noun
A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
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The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.
A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.
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the Beast of Bodmin Moor
A cadet's basic training at West Point.
Usage- US usage
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Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.
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I was able to keep up with the herd and evade the Beast. Cadet Basic Training ended with a rigorous twenty four-hour exercise that included a twelve-mile, rite-of-passage road march to West Point […]
Word forms
the Beast