Crossword clues for atrocities
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Atrocity \A*troc"i*ty\, n.; pl. Atrocities. [F. atrocit['e], L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]
Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
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An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
The atrocities which attend a victory.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of atrocity English)
Wikipedia
Atrocities was Christian Death's fourth album and the first with Valor Kand taking over main duties after Rozz Williams' departure. The album's subject matter deals almost exclusively with the Holocaust including songs about Auschwitz and Josef Mengele. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales it also featured the songwriting and arrangement skills of Barry Galvin, who, along with Johann Schumann, would leave the group upon the completion of Atrocities - both went on to form Mephisto Walz.
Usage examples of "atrocities".
He had witnessed atrocities in his country, and maybe even committed them himself.
An ARVN scout named Tran Van Luu brought the atrocities to the attention of his CO.
Hutchinson was responsible for some atrocities over thirty years ago in Vietnam.
Though many foreign governments--and even some executives within the Nazi party--objected to the atrocities committed on Kristallnacht, no one did anything to stop them or to ensure that they weren't repeated and in much worse degree.
Icicle said, "the price was cheap, given the atrocities they committed.
Such atrocities were meant to strike terror in the hearts of the enemy.
I command all the soldiers of God to arrest any man who committed atrocities against the people we came to liberate!
I command my soldiers to arrest any man who ordered such atrocities, and any man who knew of the atrocities but did nothing to punish the offenders.
And this lone woman brought the Caliph from Damascus to Hyderabad in order to seize control of his own army, which was committing atrocities against India.
But the people of Nubia have a long history of oppression, atrocities, famine, and religious intolerance committed against them by the government of Sudan.
Even though the atrocities had ended—nothing filmable now—Alai persisted in keeping his Muslim troops all over India.
I wasn't interested in the spurious grievances the Arends were constantly inventing to justify atrocities they were going to commit anyway.
Stalemates get boring after a while, though, and every so often, somebody felt the need to commit a few atrocities to offend his opponent.
An endless series of atrocities and counter-atrocities had turned hatred into a religion in Arendia, and the natives were all very devout.
But after Eldallan's bowmen had seen a few Angarak atrocities, their archery improved to the point that no place in the horde was truly safe from Asturian arrows, and Kal Torak of Mallorea took horrid casualties as he marched west toward Vo Mimbre.