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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
atrocity/əˈtrɒsəti/

▶noun (pl. atrocities) an extremely wicked or cruel act.

– origin C16: from Fr. atrocité or L. atrocitas, from atrox, atroc- ‘cruel’.

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