Beast

Beast

1. (biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
   • 2000, Robert H. Smith, Apocalypse: a commentary on Revelation in words and images, page 69:

     The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.

2. A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.

   the Beast of Bodmin Moor

3. (US, military, slang) A cadet's basic training at West Point.
   • 2014, David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, page 8:

     Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.

   • 2019, Conrad Taylor, PATH to FREEDOM: My Story of Perseverance:

     I was able to keep up with the herd and evade the Beast. Cadet Basic Training ended with a rigorous twenty four-hour exercise that included a twelve-mile, rite-of-passage road march to West Point […]

• mark of the beast, Number of the Beast

• The Beast (Revelation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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