All 3 Uses
atrocity
in
Resistance by Nielsen
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- I'm afraid there's nothing any of us can do, for her or for any of the people caught up in these atrocities.†
p. 210.1 *atrocities = actions that are exceptionally bad or cruel
- Not when the American president spoke of "spreading the Jews thin" and dismissed the atrocities against us as "sob stuff."†
p. 330.3
- How could these soldiers commit such atrocities on this day, all while wearing an emblem that suggested God supported their actions?†
p. 339.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(atrocity) an action that is exceptionally bad or cruel
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)