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
That sizzling tract advocates for Germany the kind of Schrecklichkeit the FBI advocated for Capone.�ED.
From Time Magazine Archive
That I should stop this Labyrinth of Light— Though stopping make the planet leaden-hearted— Unless you stopped the well-known Schrecklichkeit Your nation started.
From Something Else Again by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
Late editions of the evening papers gave the Dyckman divorce a fanfare rivaling the evidence that the Germans were about to resume their unrestricted submarine Schrecklichkeit.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
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