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A United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa.

A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar.

To the same degree (often followed by `as').

“birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly”

“sang as sweetly as a nightingale”