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.

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1. atrocity

   An atrocity is an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically involving physical violence or injury. It's often associated with actions during warfare or violent events that are extremely brutal, inhuman or appalling, and it may involve a violation of human rights.

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. 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.

2. Donald Trump:

   This was a man with tremendous moral courage, a fantastic person. Prime Minister Abe was a friend of mine, an ally, an incredible patriot, he was a tireless champion for peace and for freedom and for the priceless bond between the United States and Japan, and his assassination is not only a grievous atrocity, it's a devastating loss for the entire world.

3. Jose Miguel Vivanco:

   False positive killings amount to one of the worst episodes of mass atrocity in the Western Hemisphere in recent years, and there is mounting evidence that many senior army officers bear responsibility, yet the army officials in charge at the time of the killings have escaped justice and even ascended to the top of the military command, including the current heads of the army and armed forces.

4. Chief Egunwale Amusan:

   When my grandparents lost their home to imminent domain, that was the second, no actually it was the third atrocity. They experienced (19)21, then they experienced 'urban removal,' then they experienced imminent domain. Three cycles of devastation where each generation each time they had absolutely nothing to pass on to me or my offspring, this concept of generational wealth -- we understood that in Greenwood.

5. Nile Gardiner:

   This is a terrorist with a lot of blood on her hands … it’s going to be extremely difficult for the Jordanian government to justify this to the victims of this terrorist atrocity several years ago, jordan has been a very, very important ally to the United States in the war against Islamist terror, but now its position is going to be gravely weakened by this deal with ISIS.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atrocity