Talk:atrocity

Definition

No.	Definition	Note
1.	Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.	“atrocity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
2.	An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.	“atrocity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
3.	The state or quality of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.	William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “atrocity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
4.	A specific act of extreme heinousness or cruelty; an atrocious deed.	William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “atrocity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

--Daniel Polansky 10:27, 13 June 2008 (UTC)