atrocity
Example Sentences
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There was a kind of macabre joke in living as a reminder of historical atrocity.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the U.S. had committed an atrocity—and that America would bitterly regret the precedent it had set.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the attack as "an atrocity at sea" and stressed that the frigate had been "a guest of India's Navy".
From BBC
He recently spoke with Salon about the struggle to recognize atrocity and confront the powers that seek to justify it.
From Salon
"I travelled on a bipartisan delegation to Nigeria and saw with my own eyes the horrific atrocities Christians face, and the instability the Nigerian government must combat," he said.
From BBC
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