CRUELTY


Meaning of CRUELTY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

cruelty to animals

He can’t stand cruelty to animals of any sort.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

animal

Francis of Assisi guilty of animal cruelty ?

In Central News tonight: A sickening case - Woman faces jail for animal cruelty .

The agency probably will recommend that the district attorney file misdemeanor animal cruelty and neglect charges against Broden, she said.

One of the victims recently served a prison sentence for animal cruelty .

Farmer on trial for breaking animal cruelty ban.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

catalogue of mistakes/crimes/cruelty etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Burnett has campaigned against cruelty to animals for more than 20 years.

Her black eye and bruises were undeniable evidence of his cruelty .

Khrushchev officially revealed the cruelties of Stalin's regime.

There have been reports of cruelty and rape from the war zone.

There was an edge of cruelty to their jokes.

What kind of person could treat a fellow human being with such cruelty ?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But the horror which writers such as Dickens expressed at the cruelty of his times was prompted by no such knowledge.

Each year animal welfare groups document instances of cruelty , but prosecutions have been rare.

His wife denies 20 cruelty charges.

There is in these miniatures an arresting potion of cruelty .

Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue.

Within the familiarity of marriage there are many subtle ways of showing anger, contempt or cruelty .

You have to go beyond that, transcend revenge and pique and cruelty and cowardice.

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