Vocabulary
Atrocities
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury
Urdu meaning
مظالم، سنگ دلی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- As for the Middle East, Mr Sharif put up a passionate defence of Palestine, rightly describing Israeli atrocities as a `stain on the global conscience`, while terming the Gaza genocide as amongst the `darkest chapters` in human history.
- It took almost three decades for the antiapartheid initiatives to bear fruit, and while the process was pockmarked by all manner of atrocities, there was no obviously genocidal agenda.
- S Israel`s atrocities in the occupied Gaza Strip continue unabated, the OIC has issued another statement condemning Tel Aviv`s brutality.
- The US has cancelled the student visas and ruined the lives of a large number of foreign students for merely exercising their freedom to protest peacefully against Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
- Clearly, Israel`s intent is to silence voices and prevent media coverage of the atrocities and war crimes it is committing in Gaza as well as the mass starvation it has subjected Palestinians to.
Synonyms
cruelty, abomination, enormity, outrage, horror, monstrosity
Antonyms
goodness, righteousness, virtuousness
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