atrocity

IPA: ʌtrˈɑsʌti

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
(countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.

Examples of "atrocity" in Sentences

The road to disgraces like the Duke atrocity is short and direct.
His transformation, his finding himself, after witnessing a horrible atrocity, is a miracle.
People please flood our government with calls and letters that this atrocity is unacceptable.
He brought up what he called an atrocity: the case of Isa Mohammed Ali, 71, who he said died after suffocating on tear gas.
It would indeed be a sad state of affairs if we have been censored like that, but then no atrocity is a surprise these days.
Just an observation – I notice the VDT is busy, but will not show his/her face to defend this latest atrocity from the right.
And any protest against an atrocity is a sign of an active, thinking society, which is important, and in a democracy like India even more so.
The latest Borders atrocity is actually only the next logical step in a sorry progression that began when publishers started allowing the marketing department to tell editorial which books they could sell to the bookstores.