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. Ned Price:

   I think the world has continued to be shocked by the level of atrocity, the level of violence, the level of brutality, that Russia's forces have engaged in against the Ukrainian people. I think that will necessarily maintain this level of consensus within the international community, there is no sense that these countries are preparing to move on, to look the other way, and in fact, every time we gather, there is renewed horror, there is renewed condemnation, there is renewed determination to continue to see to it that our Ukrainian partners have what they need.

2. The Justice Department:

   Plaintiffs asserted that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) failed to timely discover that the shooter was a person prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm, plaintiffs alleged that because of this delay, the shooter was able to purchase the handgun that he used to commit the atrocity.

3. Seneca Scott:

   If you can look at it from all angles, and it’s probably two people hugging each other, it’s four hands. It’s not the missing heads that’s the atrocity that other people clamp onto that; it’s a stump that looked like a penis. That’s a joke.

4. Donald Trump:

   This was a man with tremendous moral courage, a fantastic person. Prime Minister Abe was a friend of mine, an ally, an incredible patriot, he was a tireless champion for peace and for freedom and for the priceless bond between the United States and Japan, and his assassination is not only a grievous atrocity, it's a devastating loss for the entire world.

5. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity !