axis of evil

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North Korea, Iraq, and Iran when considered together as a perceived threat to world stability

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Word Origin for axis of evil

C21: coined by George W Bush, 43rd US President

Words nearby axis of evil

axiom of choice, axiom of countability, axion, axis, axis deer, axis of evil, axis of revolution, axis of symmetry, Axis powers, axisymmetric, ax job

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How to use axis of evil in a sentence

But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Or has the see and hear and speak-no-evil stance of the Republican House persuaded him that he is in the clear?
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.
Juiciest ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rumors (and Some Debunked Ones)|Rich Goldstein|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He alludes to it as one of their evil customs and used by them to produce insensibility.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
All felt strangely as if something evil had crept into their lives, and their excitement was great.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
We dismounted, and speedily found that MacRae hadn't exaggerated the evil qualities of that descent.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair