All 50 Uses
clone
in
The Maelstrom, by Neff
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- "Clones," said Max quietly.
Chpt 9 *clones = copies
- The clones became too dangerous, impossible to control.†
Chpt 9
- Are my own clones working for the Atropos?†
Chpt 9
- "There's something in you that isn't in those clones," she concluded with a whisper.†
Chpt 9
- The clone leaned forward in his stirrups and studied Max through the heavy bars of the portcullis.†
Chpt 10
- Beneath his cloak, the clone was armored with a breastplate of polished black steel.†
Chpt 10
- One rode forward to take the clone's torch and hand him a heavy, ancient-looking spear.†
Chpt 10
- The clone tested its weight and gazed across at Max.†
Chpt 10
- The clone's eyes glittered like dark jewels.†
Chpt 10
- The clone smiled and steadied his horse.†
Chpt 10
- The clone merely gave a venomous smile and laid the spear across his saddle.†
Chpt 10
- At several points, he'd overwhelmed his clone and struck what should have been a conclusive blow.†
Chpt 10
- This clone was far larger than Myrmidon had been.†
Chpt 10
- Perhaps the clone was curious—intrigued about the original from which he'd stemmed.†
Chpt 10
- Talk of pasts and memories apparently displeased the clone.†
Chpt 10
- The clone's smile became dangerous.†
Chpt 10
- And you can stall or run for as long as you like, but you can never escape us.... As he said this, the clone held up something tucked inside his breastplate.†
Chpt 10
- The clone slipped the compass back inside his armor.†
Chpt 10
- The assassin was the second clone.†
Chpt 10
- Silent as a wraith, the nimble clone bore down on Max with a long dagger in each hand.†
Chpt 10
- Seizing the clone's wrist, Max turned and hurled him against the portcullis.†
Chpt 10
- The clone crashed into it, his knees buckling from the impact and bending several bars.†
Chpt 10
- This clone barely resembled the one outside the gate.†
Chpt 10
- The clone was panting, handling each blade with terrifying expertise.†
Chpt 10
- The clone began sniggering like a madman.†
Chpt 10
- The clone was a blur as he leaped, a frenzied assault of knives and teeth as he lunged at Max like a rabid animal.†
Chpt 10
- The clone was a quick-twitch nightmare with animal instincts far superior to anything human.†
Chpt 10
- Every time Max thought he had an opportunity to strike, the clone sprang away or slipped just out of reach.†
Chpt 10 *
- As the clone lunged in, Max twisted aside and cracked his opponent's cheekbone with the gae bolga's heavy pommel.†
Chpt 10
- Howling, the clone bounded away on all fours, leaping onto one of the squat guard towers and scuttling sideways into the tunnel like a great black spider.†
Chpt 10
- A moment later, Max heard the winch being spun as the clone raised the portcullis.†
Chpt 10
- Max fought defensively, careful to vary his patterns and keep an eye out for the clones.†
Chpt 10
- The Morrigan's blade might have balked at the clones, but it had no misgivings about the malakhim.†
Chpt 10
- With a jubilant howl, the savage-looking clone dropped the rock and rushed forward with his knives.†
Chpt 10
- Turning, he evaded another thrust and just managed to duck as the other clone came leaping after him, brandishing his knives.†
Chpt 10
- As Max battled the clones, the remaining malakhim cut off any escape.†
Chpt 10
- With a roar, he downed the knife-wielding clone, striking him a blow to the temple with the gae bolga's pommel.†
Chpt 10
- But when he made to finish him, the other clone darted in, dropping his spear and seizing hold of Max from behind.†
Chpt 10
- With appalling strength, the clone squeezed tighter and tighter, driving the steel rings of Max's hauberk clear through the tunic to bite the flesh beneath.†
Chpt 10
- Rising on unsteady legs, the other clone pushed his long hair back from his face.†
Chpt 10
- The grisly smile remained, but the clone's eyes went as cold and dead as a shark's.†
Chpt 10
- Instead of a dagger, the clone now held a wriggling asp by the tail.†
Chpt 10
- Its body thrashed wildly about, but its fangs were sunk deep into the other clone's cheek.†
Chpt 10
- The remaining malakhim and even Max's clones backed away from the boy as if he were radioactive.†
Chpt 10
- The sorcerer's attention locked onto the clones.†
Chpt 10
- You're not strong en— With a backhanded gesture, David blasted the clones off their feet.†
Chpt 10
- The clones were entombed.†
Chpt 10
- The clones' weapons were coated with Workshop poisons.†
Chpt 11
- The sound reminded him of his clone, the grinning, emaciated assassin he'd last seen buried beneath a mountain of rubble.†
Chpt 14
- Had the clones survived?†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(clone as in: Can we clone it?) to make a copy of something -- especially a genetically identical copy created with technology
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(2)
(clone as in: It is a clone.) a copy of something -- especially an organism with identical genetics created through technology
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)