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atrocities

noun as in outrageous behavior

noun as in cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action

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Many prominent Congolese human-rights activists consider minerals to be at the heart of the perpetration of atrocities.

They appear to see not atrocities but adventure, not gore but glory.

La Barbie videotaped himself in the act of committing atrocities and mailed the evidence to The Dallas Morning News.

Sir, Mr. Davutoğlu, in the meantime, with its inhumane actions, ISIS commits atrocities.

In the ensuing nine months, divisions have considerably deepened because of mass atrocities committed by both sides.

They have fought countless bloody wars and have committed countless horrible atrocities in their zeal for Him.

It may serve as an example of the atrocities that are often committed from false ideas of religion.

Mr. O'Connell spoke against Don Carlos, dwelling at length upon the atrocities which had been committed by his partisans.

Thanks to the communal insurrections, that were provoked by the feudal atrocities, our worst days are over.

Sometimes, if they were not interrupted in committing these atrocities they even killed the chickens.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to atrocities, such as: horror, barbarity, atrociousness, enormity, wickedness, and heinousness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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