atrocity

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

• From Latin atrox (“‘terrible, cruel’”), from āter (“‘matte black’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-trŏs'ĭ-tē
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[edit] Noun

atrocity (plural atrocities)

1. An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
   • 1943, ?, Declaration of the Four Nations on General Security:

     The United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union have received from many quarters evidence of atrocities, massacres and cold-blooded mass executions which are being perpetrated by Hitlerite forces in many of the countries they have overrun and from which they are now being steadily expelled.

   • 2009, Wikipedia: Cuba:

     Spanish atrocities against the Cuban population

[edit] Related terms

• atrocious
• heinousness
• criminality
• brutality

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