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cruelly

adverb as in savagely

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Opening the trial, prosecutor Nicholas Lumley KC said Charlie, who could "walk and talk", had suffered multiple injuries in the weeks and months before his death and he had been "cruelly neglected".

From BBC

After the pandemic, Washington let the Expanded Child Tax Credit expire cruelly sending millions of children back into poverty.

From Salon

Her lies - and the fear of being exposed - ultimately led to her cruelly killing her parents.

From BBC

“The only political calculation is coming from the right wing in this country, which continues to demonize and cruelly attack undocumented people in California,” Salladay says.

Growing up in England with neurofibromatosis type 1, a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on his face, Pearson was often taunted by classmates who cruelly called him “Elephant Man” and other names.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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