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Webster 1913 Edition
Atrocity
A-troc′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Atrocities
. [F.
atrocité
, L. atrocitas
, fr. atrox
, atrocis
, cruel.] 1.
Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
2.
An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
The atrocities which attend a victory.
Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Atrocity
ATROC'ITY
,Noun.