3 uses
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Definition
actions that are exceptionally bad or cruel
- Or is it the look on Gale's face as he takes in the destruction on foot that makes the atrocity feel brand-new?Chapter 9 (28% in)
- However, the true atrocities, the most frightening, incorporate a perverse psychological twist designed to terrify the victim.Chapter 22 (71% in)
- A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me.Chapter 26 (89% in)
There are no more uses of "atrocities" in Hunger Games Book #3 (Mockingjay).
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