A‐troc″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Atrocities (�). [F. atrocité, L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.] 1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
The atrocities which attend a victory.
Macaulay.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.