Atrocities were committed by forces on both sides of the conflict. Who could be capable of such atrocity?
Recent Examples on the WebInstead, they have been reduced to vulgar terrorism, bombing hospitals and residential buildings in an attempt to use atrocity as a substitute for victory. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Mar. 2022 Sites that memorialize tragedy and atrocity can be found all over the world, from Phnom Penh to Auschwitz to Rwanda, and these sites are visited by survivors, mourners, and tourists. Annalisa Bolin, Longreads, 28 July 2022 As flowers bloom amid the wreckage, the Kyiv suburb synonymous with atrocity feels almost normal again.New York Times, 18 July 2022 The mythology of its founding is exploded in captivating fashion, as a council member lays out the details of the atrocity against Native Americans in its real origin story. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 June 2022 Senator Cornyn has cast the bill as a response to the atrocity in Uvalde, and yet none of its terms seem to intersect with that incident. The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2022 The Soviet Union never fully admitted the extent of the atrocity. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022 The awfulness of what took place in Uvalde must continue to thump around inside the minds of everyone, the unspeakable images of atrocity inflicted upon innocents hurting and haunting anybody, everybody with a heart. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 June 2022 Robert Neimeyer, director of the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, said reopening a site of a mass atrocity can be like walking a tightrope. Aaron Morrison, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ATROCITY | ATROCITY + VERB | ATROCITY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤appalling, terrible, worst駭人聽聞的/可怕的/最殘忍的暴行◇one of the worst atrocities of the war戰爭最殘忍的暴行之一➤alleged指控的暴行▸➤human rights踐踏人權的暴行▸➤terrorist恐怖主義暴行VERB + ATROCITY➤be responsible for, carry out, commit, perpetrate對暴行負責;實施暴行;犯下暴行◇In the war, both sides committed atrocities.在戰爭中,雙方都犯下暴行。ATROCITY + VERB➤occur, take place暴行發生ATROCITY + NOUN➤stories對暴行的描述PREPOSITION➤atrocity against針對⋯的暴行◇atrocities against the civilian population對平民的暴行➤atrocity by⋯的暴行◇reports of atrocities by gunmen關於持槍歹徒施暴的報道PHRASES➤accounts of atrocities, allegations of atrocities, reports of atrocities對暴行的敍述/指控/報道