as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the evilness of the crimes was considered by the judge in sentencing
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atrocity
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Reports of state atrocities and abuses in Guatemala can be found in U.S. intelligence documents from the 1960s onward.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Moreover, summoning the horrors of October 7 only brings into sharper focus the scale of Israel's atrocities.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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“Evilness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evilness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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