Cruelties

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cruelty form-of, plural

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mercilessnessruthlessnessanimalityatrociousnessatrocitybarbarism

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"An interesting record is still preserved of the inhuman cruelties which were inflicted on this admirable young woman in the secret of the prison house where no eye pitied her and where no friendly hand composed her aching limbs."

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