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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 Suppose tomorrow that madman in North Korea decides to strike the United States? Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Hollywood or Bust was directed by ’50s madman Frank Tashlin, whose comedies were like ebullient clashing plaids. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025 One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025 To most of us, the words and actions of geniuses are often indistinguishable from those of madmen. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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