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Atrocity

Atrocity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Atrocity? [n] an act of atrocious cruelty [n] the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane Synonyms \| Synonyms for Atrocity: atrociousness \| barbarity \| barbarousness \| heinousness \| inhumanity Related Terms \| Find terms related to Atrocity: abomination \| abuse \| acuteness \| affront \| animality \| aspersion \| atrociousness \| awfulness \| bad \| bane \| banefulness \| barbarity \| befoulment \| blight \| bloodlust \| breach \| brickbat \| brutality \| contempt \| contumely \| corruption \| crime \| crime against humanity \| cruelty \| crying evil \| cut \| damage \| deadly sin \| defilement \| delinquency \| dereliction \| desecration \| despite \| despoliation \| destruction \| destructiveness \| detriment \| direness \| disgrace \| disservice \| dreadfulness \| dump \| enormity \| error \| evil \| extremity \| failure \| fault \| felony \| ferociousness \| fierceness \| flagitiousness \| flout \| flouting \| force \| furiousness \| genocide \| gibe \| great wrong \| grievance \| grimness \| gross injustice \| guilty act \| harm \| harshness \| havoc \| heavy sin \| heinousness \| hideousness \| horribleness \| horridness \| horror \| humiliation \| hurt \| ignominy \| ill \| ill-treatment \| ill-usage \| ill-use \| impetuosity \| imposition \| impropriety \| inclemency \| indignity \| indiscretion \| inexpiable sin \| infamy \| infection \| inhumanity \| iniquity \| injury \| injustice \| insult \| intensity \| jeer \| jeering \| knavery \| lapse \| malefaction \| malfeasance \| malignity \| maltreatment \| malum \| mercilessness \| mindlessness \| minor wrong \| miscarriage of justice \| mischief \| misdeed \| misdemeanor \| misfeasance \| mistreatment \| mock \| mockery \| molestation \| monstrousness \| mortal sin \| murderousness \| nonfeasance \| obliquity \| offense \| omission \| outrage \| peccadillo \| peccancy \| pitilessness \| pity \| poison \| pollution \| profanation \| put-down \| raw deal \| reprobacy \| rigor \| roughness \| sacrilege \| savagery \| scandal \| scoff \| scurrility \| severity \| shame \| sharpness \| sin \| sin of commission \| sin of omission \| sinful act \| slip \| taunt \| terrible thing \| terribleness \| terrorism \| the worst \| tort \| toxin \| transgression \| trespass \| trip \| uncomplimentary remark \| ungentleness \| unutterable sin \| vandalism \| vehemence \| venial sin \| venom \| vexation \| viciousness \| villainy \| violation \| violence \| virulence \| wickedness \| woe \| wrong See Also \| barbarism \| barbarity \| brutality \| cruelty \| enormity \| inhuman treatment \| inhumaneness \| inhumanity \| outrage \| savagery Atrocity In Webster's Dictionary \Atroc"ity\, n.; pl. {Atrocities}. [F. atrocit['e], L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.] 1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty. 2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed. The atrocities which attend a victory. --Macaulay.

Atrocity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Atrocity?

[n] an act of atrocious cruelty
[n] the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Atrocity In Webster's Dictionary

\A*troc"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Atrocities}. [F. atrocit['e],
L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]
1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.

2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.

         The atrocities which attend a victory. --Macaulay.

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