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Frankenstein's monster

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a Frankenstein's monster
something that cannot be controlled and that attacks or destroys the person who invented it. Giving extra powers to the army turned it into a Frankenstein's monster that is now threatening to overthrow the ruling party.
See also: monster

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than Frankenstein's monster himself, Boris Karloff.
A decade ago, as the presidential race between Bill Clinton and Bob Dole shuffled along with all the speed, grace, and dignity of Frankenstein's monster, then-House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.
the book's only text--is the question repeatedly posed to a succession of familiar horror-movie staples, including Nosferatu, Frankenstein's monster, and the Wolf Man.
 
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