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English Dictionary: atrocity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atrocity
n
  1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness]
  2. an act of atrocious cruelty
    Synonym(s): atrocity, inhumanity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atrocity \A*troc"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Atrocities}. [F. atrocit[82],
      L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]
      1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
  
      2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
  
                     The atrocities which attend a victory. --Macaulay.
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