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wrath
"fury, rage, intense anger." it runs far deeper than ordinary irritation; it describes a form of anger laced with vengeance, destruction, and the desire to punish.
in the christian tradition it is one of the seven deadly sins.
(see: seven deadly sins)
(see: wrath)
(see: ira / latin equivalent)
john steinbeck's novel the grapes of wrath takes its title from this word.
(see: the grapes of wrath)
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my first encounter with it was in high school. until that day i didn't know what anger really was — where ordinary frustration ended and this began.
i had finally gotten away from the people who'd kept me under their thumb for years. that day was calm. we were in class. a friend was holding a wooden board,…