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Definition
actions that are exceptionally bad or cruel
- Even supposing they were not our brothers nor fellow-Christians, but simply children, women, old people, feeling is aroused and Russians go eagerly to help in stopping these atrocities.Part Eight (76% in)
- "I've been staying abroad and reading the papers, and I must own, up to the time of the Bulgarian atrocities, I couldn't make out why it was all the Russians were all of a sudden so fond of their Slavonic brethren, while I didn't feel the slightest affection for them.Part Eight (77% in)
There are no more uses of "atrocities" in Anna Karenina.
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