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What does Gadarene mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Gadara (near modern-day Umm Qais, in Jordan).
  2. Headlong, as of a flight or rush (with reference to the swine of Matthew VIII:28-32.).
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Of what form did Christ look at Zaqueu on the tree, at theĀ  gadarene demoniac, and at the sinful woman that anointed his feet?
But if it were now to lead a Gadarene rush towards isolationism, that would be very bad indeed.
Today's bosses are driving programmes relentlessly downmarket, pitching their efforts into a Gadarene rush for ratings.
Bar Boulud's Piggie Burger, topped with barbecue pulled pork, prompted another Gadarene rush.
A gadarene rush to convert from paper to specie in early 1720, led by Law's erstwhile cronies among the court aristocracy, underlined the point.
We are being joined in the Gadarene rush by none other than the Commission on Social Justice.

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