Meanings
comparative more verminlike · superlative most verminlike
- Resembling or characteristic of vermin.
For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy.
2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 170
Origin
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