unnecessary cruelty

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandcruelty

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unnecessary
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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cruelty
noun[U or C]
uk
/ˈkruː.əl.ti/us
/ˈkruː.əl.t̬i/
cruel behaviour or a ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandcrueltyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Hargrove's own study of the history of environmental/animal liberation ideas suggests that the key frames of these movements were respectively, wanton destruction andunnecessarycruelty.
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In the course of this discussion some charges have been made that there is cruelty, and perhapsunnecessarycruelty, now going on.
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I am satisfied that, in general, exported animals are not subjected tounnecessarycrueltywhile being transported.
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Prosecution would then lie against the perpetrators forunnecessarycrueltyto animals.
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Unnecessarycrueltyto animals is a crime under the law.
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I think there is general concern thatunnecessarycrueltyto wild and domestic animals should be outlawed.
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It is probably veryunnecessarycrueltyto put a live lobster into boiling water, but it is invariably done.
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There is no foundation for the suggestion that cast horses are subject tounnecessarycrueltyfor the sake of an additional £4 per head.
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Anyunnecessarycrueltycaused to animals can do nothing but stop this process.
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I re-emphasise that no farmer wants to inflictunnecessarycruelty.
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I need not go into details, but surely it isunnecessarycrueltyand, consequently, should be made illegal.
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It also creates among those who participate and watch an attitude of mind which leads tounnecessarycruelty.
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Some people sincerely believe that coursing as practised under properly regulated conditions does not involveunnecessarycruelty.
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I submit that in consequence of the present indefiniteness a great deal ofunnecessarycrueltyis given.
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But that does not justifyunnecessarycrueltyon the part of man.
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I have visions ofunnecessarycrueltybeing caused by using large, heavy animals with heavy characteristics with animals that are very small behind.
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We have consistently supported measures that are aimed at avoidingunnecessarycrueltyto animals.
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It would continue the acceptance in our law of human cruelty exercised to no necessary end and the acceptance ofunnecessarycrueltyby sentient creatures.
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Will he consider whether there is a case for prosecution forunnecessarycrueltyto these animals?
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We can send someone to prison for carrying out acts of wanton andunnecessarycruelty.
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