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Word: Gadarene
Speech Type: Adjective
mid 16th century (denoting a native or inhabitant of Gadara, a town in ancient Palestine near the Sea of Galilee): via medieval Latin from New Testament Greek Gadarēnos ‘inhabitant of Gadara’, with reference to the story of the swine that rushed down a steep cliff into the sea (Matthew 8:28–34)
ˈɡadəriːn
involving or engaged in a headlong or potentially disastrous rush to do something
Short Definition:involving or engaged in headlong or potentially disastrous rush
Examples:- the Gadarene rush to war in 1914
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