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atrocity

[ uh-tros-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural a·troc·i·ties.

atrocity

/ əˈtrɒsɪtɪ /

behaviour or an action that is wicked or ruthless
the fact or quality of being atrocious
usually plural acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime

1525–35; < Latin atrōcitās, equivalent to atrōci- (stem of atrōx ) fierce + -tās -ty ²

In this other video, 29-year-old Crawford is not committing an atrocity such as might be expected of ISIS.

Fueled by atrocity and a blitzkrieg of gains in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has enjoyed a meteoric climb to notoriety.

It is this mindless atrocity, driven by both avarice and animosity, that is at play in the film.

But thankfully, spurred in large part by social media, the world is finally addressing this atrocity.

Suffice it to say, eight years after the Halimi atrocity, the case still inflames opinion.

The atrocity stories were all that Aunt Harriet knew of the war, and all she could think of now.

Time had marvelously softened the atrocity of the act, and heightened its picturesque character.

Beyond this, the story perhaps has little value, except as an offset to the usual anecdotes of Hessian atrocity.

But the barbarities of a licentious army were exceeded in atrocity by the cooler deliberations of the Norman parliament.

I wondered the people could suffer this last atrocity; I thought they must scream and rush to save the wretched man.

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