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{
"term": "atrocity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a cruel and violent act, especially in a war",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In the war, both sides committed atrocities."
},
{
"text": "atrocities against the civilian population"
},
{
"text": "one of the worst atrocities of the war"
},
{
"text": "reports of atrocities by gunmen"
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["appalling", "terrible", "worst"],
"verb + atrocity": ["be responsible for", "carry out", "commit"],
"atrocity + verb": ["occur", "take place"],
"atrocity + noun": ["stories"],
"preposition": ["atrocity against", "atrocity by"],
"phrases": [
"accounts of atrocities",
"allegations of atrocities",
"reports of atrocities"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtrɒsəti/",
"audio": "at/atrocity/atrocity__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtrɑːsəti/",
"audio": "at/atrocity/atrocity__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cruelty’): from French atrocité or Latin atrocitas, from atrox, atroc- ‘cruel’."
}