English
Etymology
From the Latin atrox, "atrocious", from Latin ater ="matte black"

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: �-tr�s'ĭ-t�
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Noun
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1. an act of brutality
2. crimes or excesses ranging from an act committed against a single person to one committed against a population or ethnic group.

Related terms
atrocious

Translations

Arabic: بشاعة
Bulgarian: зве���во n
Chinese: ��
Danish: grusomhed c
Dutch: wreedheid f
Finnish: julmuus, hirmuteko
French: atrocité f
German: Grausamkeit f
Italian: atrocità m
Japanese: ����
Korean: 극� (keukak)
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Latin: atrocitas f
Norwegian: grusomhet c
Romanian: atrocitate f
Russian: злоде�ние (zlodeyanie)
Scottish Gaelic: buirbe f, aingidheachd f, uabhas m
Spanish: atrocidad f
Slovak: krutosť,ukrutnosť,brutalita f

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