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noun ADJ. appalling, dreadful, terrible, worst one of the worst atrocities of the war | alleged | terrorist VERB + ATROCITY be responsible for, carry out, commit, perpetrate In the war, both sides committed atrocities. | suffer ATROCITY + VERB occur, take place ATROCITY + NOUN stories PREP. ~ against atrocities against the civilian population | ~ by reports of atrocities by gunmen PHRASES accounts/allegations/reports of atrocities
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