as in brutality
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
centuries after he ravaged Europe, Attila the Hun remains notorious for his cruelty
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Recent Examples of cruelty
Nicole Desnoyers has been charged with 40 counts of cruelty to animals.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
After an investigation, Sullivan was arrested on March 12 and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Todd Michael Donovan, pleaded guilty Monday in a Johnson County court to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of cruelty to animals.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
Kimberly Sullivan, the man’s stepmother, has been charged with second-degree kidnapping, first-degree assault, cruelty to persons, unlawful restraint and reckless endangerment.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
After an investigation, Sullivan was arrested on March 12 and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Todd Michael Donovan, pleaded guilty Monday in a Johnson County court to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of cruelty to animals.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
Kimberly Sullivan, the man’s stepmother, has been charged with second-degree kidnapping, first-degree assault, cruelty to persons, unlawful restraint and reckless endangerment.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruelty
Noun
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Remick is the defendant in two active police brutality lawsuits.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors said Mahdi constantly used brutality to solve his problems.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But slightly lesser known is that film’s sort-of sequel, The Look of Silence, which tells the stories of victims of such atrocities.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Too often, shooters use unsecured weapons to commit these atrocities.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Cruelty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruelty. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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