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61 butchery
1. n скотобойня2. n торговля мясом3. n мясная лавка, мясной ларёк4. n мясной крытый рынок5. n ист. профессия мясника6. n кровавая бойня, массовая резня; бессмысленное и жестокое убийствоСинонимический ряд:slaughter (noun) atrocity; bloodbath; bloodletting; bloodshed; carnage; killing; mass murder; massacre; murder; pogrom; slaughter; violent crime; wholesale killing -
62 inhumanity
1. a бесчеловечность, жестокость2. a равнодушие, безразличие3. a акт жестокости, бесчеловечный поступокСинонимический ряд:barbarity (noun) abomination; barbarity; brutality; cruelty; ferocity; monstrous atrocity; savagery; truculence; tyranny; viciousness -
63 barbarity
barbarity [bɑ:'bærətɪ](a) (brutality) barbarie f, inhumanité f(b) (atrocity) atrocité f, acte m de barbarie;∎ the barbarities committed by the enemy les atrocités commises par l'ennemi -
64 enormity
(a) (of action, crime) énormité f(c) (great size) énormité f;∎ they were aware of the enormity of the task ahead of them ils se rendaient compte de l'énormité de la tâche qui les attendait
См. также в других словарях:
atrocity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), terrible, worst ▪ one of the worst atrocities of the war ▪ alleged ▪ human rights ▪ … Collocations dictionary
atrocity — ► NOUN (pl. atrocities) ▪ an extremely wicked or cruel act … English terms dictionary
atrocity — I noun abomination, abuse, act of ferocity, atrocious crime, atrocitas, barbarity, deed of savagery, ferity, ferocity, fiendishness, flagitious villainy, flagitiousness, flagrancy, gross offense, heinousness, holocaust, infamy, inhumanity,… … Law dictionary
atrocity — 1530s, from M.Fr. atrocité or directly from L. atrocitatem (nom. atrocitas) cruelty, fierceness, harshness, noun of quality from atrox fierce, cruel, frightful, from PIE *atro ek , from root *ater fire + *okw see; thus of fiery or threatening… … Etymology dictionary
atrocity — noun 1) a number of atrocities Syn: outrage, horror, violation, abuse, massacre 2) scenes of hardship and atrocity Syn: wickedness, cruelty, brutality, barbarity, viciousness, savag … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
atrocity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1534 1. the quality or state of being atrocious 2. an atrocious act, object, or situation < the…sufferings and atrocities of trench warfare Aldous Huxley > … New Collegiate Dictionary
atrocity — noun a) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty. b) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. See Also: atrocious … Wiktionary
atrocity — noun (plural atrocities) an extremely wicked or cruel act. Origin C16: from Fr. atrocité or L. atrocitas, from atrox, atroc cruel … English new terms dictionary
atrocity — noun (countable usually plural, uncountable) an extremely cruel and violent action, especially during a war: one of the worst atrocities of the Vietnam War … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
atrocity — noun European ministers were appalled by scenes of alleged Kosovo atrocities Syn: abomination, cruelty, enormity, outrage, horror, monstrosity, obscenity, violation, crime, abuse; barbarity, barbarism, brutality, savagery, inhumanity, wickedness … Thesaurus of popular words
atrocity — UK [əˈtrɒsətɪ] / US [əˈtrɑsətɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms atrocity : singular atrocity plural atrocities a cruel and violent act, often in a war Some of the worst atrocities in the Yugoslav war took place at a farm near Sarajevo … English dictionary