atrocity
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a·troc·i·ty
(ə-trŏs′ĭ-tē)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
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a•troc•i•ty
(əˈtrɒs ɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. the quality or state of being atrocious.
2. an atrocious act, thing, or circumstance.
[1525–35; < Latin]
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| Noun | 1. |  atrocity - the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumaneinhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others |
| 2. |  atrocity - an act of atrocious cruelty cruelty, inhuman treatment - a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering 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
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atrocity
noun1. The quality of passing all moral bounds:
2. The quality or state of being flagrant:
3. A monstrous offense or evil:
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Translations
عَمَل وَحْشي، جَريمَه فَظيعَه
зверство
atrocitat
zvěrstvokrutost
grusomhed
פשע נגד האנושות
atrocitás
grimmdarverk, ódæîi
atrocitas
atrocitate
ukrutnosťzverstvo
canavarlıkvahşet
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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atrocity
n → Grausamkeit f; (act also) → Gräueltat f
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
atrocious
(əˈtrəuʃəs) adjective1. very bad. Your handwriting is atrocious.
2. extremely cruel. an atrocious crime.
aˈtrociousness nounatrocity (əˈtrosəti) noun
an extremely cruel and wicked act. The invading army committed many atrocities.
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