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Recent Examples of atrocity This office will zealously pursue justice to the fullest extent of the law to protect our vulnerable adults and their families from such an atrocity. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The syntax of atrocity is hidden beneath a series of nationalist proclamations. Uriel Kon september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 Anyone who serves the Israeli enemy and its schemes, aids its crimes, and seeks to enable it to commit atrocities against our people cannot be supported—except by a traitor, a traitor like him, trying to pave the way for it. Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 For some viewers, the parallels between that story and current atrocities — and denials — could not be clearer. Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for atrocity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atrocity
Noun
  • Netflix struck gold with Wednesday, the supernatural horror-comedy centered on the sardonically morbid teenage daughter of the Addams Family.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But a heart-wrenching 2016 case report of a boy in Oregon detailed the horrors of what the disease can look like.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vasquez was charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles and negligent homicide.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But that tale of someone brought into a world that treated him with cruelty and contempt never left him.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More Ethan Miller/Getty Images Their history is defined by brutality.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For a country still reckoning with the brutality of its dark past, the trial of several high ranking military officers in a civilian court is a singular achievement.
    Adriana Carranca, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Howard, now in his 70s, decided to make a film about the fundamental awfulness of other humans, delivering one of his darkest stories in the process.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The awfulness of it scrapes my veins, turning everything orange and raw.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Atrocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atrocity. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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