noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
commit an atrocity (= commit a terrible and violent act )
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During the civil war both sides committed numerous atrocities.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ill
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Its members have been responsible for some of the worst atrocities during the Troubles and bitterly oppose any decommissioning.
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There have undoubtedly been worse atrocities in areas where no one can go.
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Scores more were seriously injured as the blast scattered human remains across stalls in one of Bosnia's worst atrocities .
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The inquest has opened into Northern Ireland's worst atrocity , the 1998 Omagh bombing that killed 29 people.
■ VERB
commit
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The monster after committing this atrocity felt upset.
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Clan Campbell. rightly, have stood condemned for 300 years for having committed the atrocity .
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The interest is simply focused on the few individuals who commit several serious atrocities .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The brutal destruction of an entire village was one of the worst atrocities of the Vietnam war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any atrocity , at any time, was expected from them.
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It was not until half a century later in the 1990s that these atrocities came to light and created an international scandal.
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It was, said Stephen, as appalling an atrocity as you could find.
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Now senior officers fear the organisation is limbering up for a wave of further atrocities.
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That done, we piously concocted the Nuremberg code to ensure that such atrocities would never be repeated.
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You re left with a vision of atrocity perpetuating atrocity.