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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The curate, I found, was quite incapable of dis- cussion; this new and culminating atrocity had robbed him of all vestiges of reason or forethought. The rest of the monkey orchestra merely shivered in apprehension of what next atrocity should be perpetrated. The Baltimore Amer- ican, of March 17, 1845, relates a similar case of atrocity, perpetrated with similar impunity--as fol- lows:--"~Shooting a slave. |
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