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Definition of Atrocities
1. atrocity [n] - See also: atrocity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrocities
Literary usage of Atrocities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"The cold catalogue of German atrocities now documented and in the government
archives of the different nations makes up the most sickening page in history. ..."
2. Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables" by Smita Narula (1999)
"Attempts to repeal the atrocities Act: the Maharashtra experience That the ...
Many cases were registered under the atrocities Act in the aftermath of the ..."
3. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"However, stories of all kinds of atrocities alleged to have been committed by
the Belgians were widely believed in the German army and in Germany in the ..."
4. Obstacles to Peace by Samuel Sidney McClure (1917)
"CHAPTER XVI ALLEGED atrocities IN FRANCE THE records of the alleged atrocities
by German officers and German soldiers in France are more terrible than the ..."
5. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield by William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle (1920)
"CHAPTER II THE BULGARIAN atrocities 1876 The general Eastern policy of the
Government was accepted; but before the debate of July 31 a side-issue had arisen ..."
6. Across Unknown South America by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1913)
"So much has been said of late of atrocities in the Putumayo region that perhaps
one may be allowed to say that the Putumayo region is not the only place ..."
7. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Alleged German atrocities Report of the Committee Appointed by the British
Government and Presided Over by The Right Hon. Viscount Bryce Formerly British ..."
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