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atrocity
/ əˈٰɒɪɪ /
noun
behaviour or an action that is wicked or ruthless
the fact or quality of being atrocious
(usually plural) acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Those beautiful Cézannes and Picassos in the Guggenheim Museum can’t paper over the atrocities; the gilded myths of American optimism, our upward mobility and welcoming shores won’t mask the demons.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry accused Mr Fletcher of ignoring Hamas's atrocities and echoing their propaganda.
He is an ethnic Ovaherero descendent and town councillor in Swakopmund, where many of the atrocities took place, and said "our wealth was taken, the farms, the cattle".
"She has committed no offence and should not be criminalised for exercising her right to peaceful protest against these ongoing atrocities," he said in a statement.
The group also accuses government infiltrators of committing atrocities while claiming to be Ambazonian fighters to turn the local populations against the liberation struggle.
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