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ATROCITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of atrocious cruelty
Synonyms:
atrocity; inhumanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("atrocity" is a kind of...):
cruelty; inhuman treatment (a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atrocity"):
barbarism; barbarity; brutality; savagery (a brutal barbarous savage act)
outrage (a wantonly cruel act)
enormity (an act of extreme wickedness)
Derivation:
atrocious (shockingly brutal or cruel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Synonyms:
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("atrocity" is a kind of...):
inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
Derivation:
atrocious (shockingly brutal or cruel)
