/??trɑ?.s?.t?i/[Cusually plural]anextremelycruel,violent, orshockingact:凶恶的行为,残暴的行为They are ontrialforcommittingatrocitiesagainstthecivilianpopulation.他们因残害平民的暴行而受到审判。[U]thefactof something beingextremelycruel,violent, orshocking:凶恶,残暴Thesepeopleareguiltyofactsofappallingatrocity(=cruelty).这些人犯下了令人发指的残忍罪行。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesViolent or aggressive
aggressive
aggressively
aggressiveness
aggro
agonistic
fierce
fierceness
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flexyourmusclesidiom
pugnacity
rabble-rousing
raging
Rambo
rampage
viciousness
violence
warlike
warmonger
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atrocity| American Dictionary
atrocitynoun[C/U]us
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/??trɑs·?·t?i/anextremelycruelact, or thecommittingof suchacts:[C]Thecommissionreportsthat atrocities werecommittedby allsidesduring thestruggle.(Definition ofatrocityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/atrocity##