Synonyms for atrocity
əˈtrɒs ɪ tiatroc·i·ty

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1. atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousnessnoun

   the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

   Synonyms:
   atrociousness, barbarousness, barbarism, brutality, inhumanity, heinousness, barbarity, savagery

2. atrocity, inhumanitynoun

   an act of atrocious cruelty

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, inhumaneness, heinousness, barbarousness, atrociousness, inhumanity

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1. atrocitynoun

   Synonyms:
   heinousness, atrociousness, enormity, flagrancy, villany, flagitiousness, depravity, wickedness

2. atrocitynoun

   Synonyms:
   atrocious crime, flagitious villany

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1. atrocitynoun

   Synonyms:
   heinousness, enormity, nefariousness, flagrancy, crime, outrage

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1. List of paraphrases for "atrocity":

   outrage, ugliness, cruelty, monstrosity, barbarity

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1. George Steiner:

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

2. Tim Scott:

   One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina, remember the families of the nine victims, how they brought a community together during the worst atrocity in our state's history, i am thankful that I live in a country where forgiveness can be seen in the worst of conditions.

3. Ryan Bundy:

   We went up there to prevent the atrocity from happening to begin with, and if people would have listened to us, the Hammonds wouldn't have to have gone through this suffering.

4. 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.

5. Anand Bhala:

   Private corporation is like a slaughter house where the humanity is butchered every day and night in the form of humiliation and atrocity on employees. The more the organization is exposed, the more it increases harassment.