Schrecklichkeit
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The official German policy against civilians was described as Schrecklichkeit — frightfulness.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
But there was also little doubt that Hitler would go through with the invasion only if, after the Schrecklichkeit, he believed it had a 90% chance of success.
From Time Magazine Archive
Schrecklichkeit was particularly to be employed against the native seaman.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
There is much besides this to indicate that Carlyle’s praise of Germany in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is anything but evidence that he would endorse Kultur and Schrecklichkeit.
From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various
After a few such clashes the invaders learned that when it came to this Schrecklichkeit business they had no monopoly on the article.
From In the Claws of the German Eagle by Albert Rhys Williams
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