atrocity
noun
uk/əˈtrɒs.ə.ti/us/əˈtrɑː.sə.t̬i/[Cusually plural]
anextremelycruel,violent, orshockingact:
凶恶的行为，残暴的行为They are ontrialforcommittingatrocitiesagainstthecivilianpopulation.他们因残害平民的暴行而受到审判。
[U]
thefactof something beingextremelycruel,violent, orshocking:
凶恶，残暴Thesepeopleareguiltyofactsofappallingatrocity(=cruelty).这些人犯下了令人发指的残忍罪行。
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggro
- agonistic
- fierce
- fierceness
- fighting words
- flex
- flexyourmusclesidiom
- pugnacity
- rabble-rousing
- raging
- Rambo
- rampage
- viciousness
- violence
- warlike
- warmonger
- warmongering