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treacherous
adjective
Dangerously unstable and unpredictable
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ˈtɹɛtʃəɹəs
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adjective
Dangerously unstable and unpredictable
“Treacherous winding roads”
adjective
Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
“Punic faith”
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Treacherous winding roads
An unreliable trestle
Punic faith
The perfidious Judas
The fiercest and most treacherous of foes
Treacherous intrigues
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