cut off the limbs
to shock or horrify
financial
loss of hope.
horrifying; shocking.
to physically wreak damage on someone
ridiculous
a confrontation
Weak
To keep going in the face of adversity
alternatively
to become less
to reveal or announce something that had been hidden
instinctively
undergoing pain, distress, or hardship
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