pentagram
noun
pen·ta·gram
ˈpen-tə-ˌgram 
: a figure of a 5-pointed star usually made with alternate points connected by a continuous line and used as a magic or occult symbol
also
: a similar 6-pointed star (such as a Solomon's seal)
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This latter fact is notable, as Cameron has a pentagram tattoo and a taste for heavy metal, which at the time was often associated with Satanism.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The killing involved a lengthy beating and torture during which the killers etched a pentagram into Slemmer's chest and Pike took a piece of her skull.
Death row case:Christa Pike, who would be first Tennessee woman executed in 200 years, moves to reopen appeal
When was Christa Pike sentenced?
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 21 May 2024
During that time, Venus traces a pentagram pattern in Earth's sky every eight years.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
In the 1980s bliss of suburban Michigan (portrayed with welcome specificity for a show not set in New York, L.A., or Chicago), a the high school quarterback has disappeared (a girl too, but no one seems worried — but that’s already tempting spoilers), a bloody pentagram left in his wake.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The killing involved a lengthy beating and torture during which the killers etched a pentagram into Slemmer's chest and Pike took a piece of her skull.
Death row case:Christa Pike, who would be first Tennessee woman executed in 200 years, moves to reopen appeal
When was Christa Pike sentenced?
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 21 May 2024
During that time, Venus traces a pentagram pattern in Earth's sky every eight years.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
In the 1980s bliss of suburban Michigan (portrayed with welcome specificity for a show not set in New York, L.A., or Chicago), a the high school quarterback has disappeared (a girl too, but no one seems worried — but that’s already tempting spoilers), a bloody pentagram left in his wake.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Pentagram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pentagram. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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