Definizione monolingua

atrocity

atrocity (countable and uncountable; plural atrocities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
2. (countable) 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.

Definizione dizionario atrocity

	atrocità
	extremely cruel act
	An atrocious act, thing, or circumstance.

	oltraggio
	An excessively violent or vicious attack.

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crudeltà

malignità

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Altri significati:

(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.