Definitions for atrocity
əˈtrɒs ɪ tiatroc·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousnessnoun

   the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

2. atrocity, inhumanitynoun

   an act of atrocious cruelty

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. atrocitynoun

   The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.

2. atrocitynoun

   An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

3. Etymology: * From atrox, from ater

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Atrocitynoun

   Horrible wickedness; excess of wickedness.

   Etymology: atrocitas, Lat.

   I never recall it to mind, without a deep astonishment of the very horrour and atrocity of the fact in a christian court. Henry Wotton.

   They desired justice might be done upon offenders, as the atrocity of their crimes deserved. Edward Hyde.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Atrocitynoun

   enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty

2. Atrocitynoun

   an atrocious or extremely cruel deed

3. Etymology: [F. atrocit, L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of atrocity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of atrocity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of atrocity in a Sentence

1. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   People, children are under the wreckage, atrocity ! How much longer will the world be an accomplice ignoring terror ?

2. Hua Chunying:

   No matter what steps Japan may take to promote and market their mistaken position it cannot change the basic reality that the Diaoyu islands belong to China, the Nanjing massacre was an atrocity carried out by the Japanese militarists when they invaded China. The evidence is cast iron and a conclusion was reached long ago about it. This whitewashing and censoring by Japan in these text books again shows that Japan is unwilling to face up to historical mistakes.

3. Seneca Scott:

   If you can look at it from all angles, and it’s probably two people hugging each other, it’s four hands. It’s not the missing heads that’s the atrocity that other people clamp onto that; it’s a stump that looked like a penis. That’s a joke.

4. Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik:

   I will keep telling that genocide was not committed there. It was a grave atrocity.

5. George Steiner:

   Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atrocity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Atrocity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=atrocity
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atrocity