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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atrocity \A*troc"i*ty\, n.; pl {Atrocities}. [F. atrocit['e], 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: atrocity n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: {atrociousness}, {barbarity}, {barbarousness}, {heinousness}] 2: a act of atrocious cruelty [syn: {inhumanity}]
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