| NOUN | act | inhuman treatment, cruelty | a cruel act |
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| Meaning | A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering. | |
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| Synonym | cruelty | |
| Narrower | atrocity, inhumanity | An act of atrocious cruelty |
| impalement | The act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture | |
| Broader | maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Spanish | crueldad, trato inhumano | |
| Catalan | crueltat, tractament inhumà | |
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