atrocity
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| —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 |
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Atrocity
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Word Origin & History
atrocity
1530s, from L. atrocitatem (nom. atrocitas) "cruelty," noun of quality from atrox "fierce, cruel, frightful," from PIE *atro-ek-, from base *ater- "fire" + *okw- "see," thus "of fiery or threatening appearance." The noun meaning "an atrocious deed" is from 1793.
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Example sentences
No dialogue or action is needed to illustrate the atrocity of the scene.
The bombs were the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil.
And above all, this is our guilt for allowing such atrocity to take place.
Al-Ali defended this atrocity in his own country and to the rest of the world.
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