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atrocity

noun
 
🔊/əˈtrɒsəti/
🔊/əˈtrɑːsəti/
[countable, usually plural, uncountable]
(plural atrocities)
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  1. a cruel and violent act, especially in a war（尤指战争中的）残暴行为
    Extra Examples
    • In the war, both sides committed atrocities.在战争中，双方都犯下暴行。
    • atrocities against the civilian population对平民的暴行
    • one of the worst atrocities of the war战争最残忍的暴行之一
    • reports of atrocities by gunmen关于持枪歹徒施暴的报道
    Topics War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • appalling
    • terrible
    • worst
    • …
    verb + atrocity
    • be responsible for
    • carry out
    • commit
    • …
    atrocity + verb
    • occur
    • take place
    atrocity + noun
    • stories
    preposition
    • atrocity against
    • atrocity by
    phrases
    • accounts of atrocities
    • allegations of atrocities
    • reports of atrocities
    • …
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cruelty’): from French atrocité or Latin atrocitas, from atrox, atroc- ‘cruel’.