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English noun: atrocity

1. atrocity (attribute) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane


Synonymsatrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness


Broader (hypernym)inhumaneness, inhumanity

2. atrocity (act) an act of atrocious cruelty


Synonymsinhumanity


Broader (hypernym)cruelty, inhuman treatment


Narrower (hyponym)barbarism, barbarity, brutality, enormity, outrage, savagery









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