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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