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a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman

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Recent Examples of madman To most of us, the words and actions of geniuses are often indistinguishable from those of madmen. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 That advice, along with digestive enzymes, got me by for more than a decade, until another nutritionist, a madman of sorts, cured it. David Rabe, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025 The Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid recently argued that Trump’s madman strategy pressured Israel to accept a Gaza cease-fire. Roseanne McManus, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2025 From the logo to colors, and even the company vision – Jaguar’s rebranding is more than just a madman’s marketing campaign. New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for madman

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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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