Definitions | schrecklichkeit |
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- A military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population.
- A general atmosphere or situation of awfulness or dread.
- 1973: I embarked on the quotidian of getting up. " Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 11)
Etymology: From German Schrecklichkeit, literally "awfulness".
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