Definition of cruelty

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Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.

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Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Inhumanity :: Inhumanity (n.) The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
Savage :: Savage (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit..
Inhuman :: Inhuman (a.) Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment..
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Cruelness :: Cruelness (n.) Cruelty.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Cannibalism :: Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Savage :: Savage (n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty..
Monster :: Monster (n.) Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty..
Savagery :: Savagery (n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity.
Vandalism :: Vandalism (n.) The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments..
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Far :: Far (a.) Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Atrocity :: Atrocity (n.) Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
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