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English noun: atrocity | |||
| 1. | atrocity (attribute) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | ||
| Synonyms | atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inhumaneness, inhumanity | ||
| 2. | atrocity (act) an act of atrocious cruelty | ||
| Synonyms | inhumanity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cruelty, inhuman treatment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barbarism, barbarity, brutality, enormity, outrage, savagery | ||
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