Historical Atrocities

adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb by providing information on how the action is performed

• The defendant's actions were atrociously unethical and deserve severe punishment.
• The movie was atrociously bad, I couldn't even finish watching it.
• She sang atrociously at the karaoke bar last night, it was painful to listen to.
• The politician's lies were spreading atrociously like wildfire among the public.

noun extreme cruelty or violence

adjective brutal

• The brutality of the attack left many people in shock.
• I can't believe the level of brutality in that movie scene.
• The brutality of that fight was off the charts.
• The brutality of the winter storm was unmatched.

adjective Despicable is an adjective that describes something or someone as deserving of strong condemnation or contempt.

• His despicable actions were met with swift consequences.
• I can't believe she did something so despicable.
• That guy is just plain despicable.
• The storm's despicable fury left a path of destruction in its wake.

noun The Holocaust was a genocide in which six million Jews were systematically killed by the Nazi regime during World War II.

• The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime.
• Have you learned about the Holocaust in history class yet?
• That movie was a total Holocaust - it was so bad.
• The devastation caused by the earthquake was like a Holocaust for the small town.

verb to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority

• The mob intended to lynch the accused before the authorities intervened.
• They were planning to lynch him for his actions.
• The group was ready to lynch him for crossing them.
• The negative comments online felt like a virtual lynch mob attacking her.

verb to completely destroy or demolish something

• The city council voted to raze the old building and construct a new park in its place.
• I heard they're going to raze that abandoned house on the corner next week.
• Let's raze this place and find somewhere better to hang out.
• Her harsh words seemed to raze his confidence to the ground.

noun extreme fear or dread

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• The country was in a state of terror after the terrorist attack.
• I was terrified when I heard a loud noise in the middle of the night.
• That horror movie was so scary, it gave me the heebie-jeebies.
• The thought of public speaking fills me with terror.