atrocity

a·troc·i·ty  (-trs-t)

n. pl. a·troc·i·ties

1. Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness.

2. An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners.

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atrocity [əˈtrɒsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. behaviour or an action that is wicked or ruthless

2. the fact or quality of being atrocious

3. (usually plural) acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	atrocity - the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness inhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
	2.	atrocity - an act of atrocious cruelty           inhumanity cruelty, inhuman treatment - a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering barbarism, barbarity, brutality, savagery - a brutal barbarous savage act outrage - a wantonly cruel act enormity - an act of extreme wickedness

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atrocity

noun

1. act of cruelty, wrong, crime, horror, offence, evil, outrage, outrage, cruelty, brutality, obscenity, wrongdoing, enormity, monstrosity, transgression, abomination, barbarity, villainy Those who committed this atrocity should be punished.

2. cruelty, wrong, horror, brutality, wrongdoing, enormity, savagery, ruthlessness, wickedness, inhumanity, infamy, transgression, barbarity, viciousness, villainy, baseness, monstrousness, heinousness, nefariousness, shockingness, atrociousness, fiendishness, barbarousness, grievousness, villainousness stomach-churning tales of atrocity and massacre

Translations

atrocity [əˈtrɒsɪtɪ] N → atrocidad f

atrocity [əˈtrɒsɪti] n → atrocité f

atrocity

n → Grausamkeit f; (act also) → Gräueltat f

atrocity [əˈtrɒsɪtɪ] n → atrocità f inv