noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cruelty to animals
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He can’t stand cruelty to animals of any sort.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
animal
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Francis of Assisi guilty of animal cruelty ?
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In Central News tonight: A sickening case - Woman faces jail for animal cruelty .
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The agency probably will recommend that the district attorney file misdemeanor animal cruelty and neglect charges against Broden, she said.
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One of the victims recently served a prison sentence for animal cruelty .
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Farmer on trial for breaking animal cruelty ban.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
catalogue of mistakes/crimes/cruelty etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Burnett has campaigned against cruelty to animals for more than 20 years.
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Her black eye and bruises were undeniable evidence of his cruelty .
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Khrushchev officially revealed the cruelties of Stalin's regime.
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There have been reports of cruelty and rape from the war zone.
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There was an edge of cruelty to their jokes.
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What kind of person could treat a fellow human being with such cruelty ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the horror which writers such as Dickens expressed at the cruelty of his times was prompted by no such knowledge.
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Each year animal welfare groups document instances of cruelty , but prosecutions have been rare.
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His wife denies 20 cruelty charges.
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There is in these miniatures an arresting potion of cruelty .
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Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue.
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Within the familiarity of marriage there are many subtle ways of showing anger, contempt or cruelty .
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You have to go beyond that, transcend revenge and pique and cruelty and cowardice.