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Sentence Examples Such an approach encourages the dehumanization that leads to atrocities in the first place. Which is not to argue that a course of action is unavailable to the government that would make such atrocities less likely. Some have witnessed the full atrocities of war, family break-ups or bereavement and they still carry the emotional scars. I find it hard to believe that anyone can seriously assert the equivalence of atrocities on both sides. Even the publicity for the exhibition plays up a ghoulish fascination with medieval atrocities. A tragedian, Rubens loved to depict battles, atrocities, martyrdoms and slaughters. It was a slow slaughter, peppered with massacres and atrocities from which whole generations are still recovering. Emails reporting massacres and other atrocities were based on noises overheard, a cautious glance from the window, and third-hand reports. Before Hitler's atrocities exposed the barbarous extremes of social engineering, eugenic views were regarded as radical visions of social reform. The three accused are certainly not in the category of the political or military masterminds behind the conflicts and atrocities. Have we as a people had our conscience so seared that atrocities such as this cause not an eyebrow to even raise? The administration is counting on the media to exercise self-censorship and curtail reports of US atrocities that are seen as inevitable. The atrocities carried out by the Janjawiid are aimed at speakers of Fur, Tunjur, Masalit and Zaghawa. But Grandin is interested in more than tallying body counts and itemising atrocities. A shower helped, but even the monotonous beat of hot water couldn't drive out the visions of atrocities in his head. It is repulsive. In every war, soldiers commit atrocities and die senselessly, often because of the mistakes of their superior officers. Either way, all Irish people spoken to yesterday were affected in some way by the atrocities. The use of force was not proposed, and even the threat of sanctions was delayed until after the consummation of the atrocities. We diminish ourselves if we allow the atrocities committed by others to turn us into inhuman people capable of similar evil. Some Japanese politicians periodically inflame Chinese anger by saying accounts of past atrocities are exaggerated. Show More Sentences How is it possible, that for whatever inexplicable reason these atrocities carry on? What continues to remain in our mind and memory is the hope for a new dawn of promises, free from atrocities and indiscriminations. Negotiations that disarm combatants and bring to justice those who commit atrocities should be encouraged. The impunity for such abuses has served to perpetuate the conflict and has led to serious human rights atrocities committed by both sides. There, the court held that a paramilitary commander was acting under color of the law of the former Yugoslavia when he committed mass atrocities. A sense of fear pervades the entire state, with people afraid to speak out against the atrocities of Pakistani terrorists. Chances are you had no idea one of the most cold-blooded, ruthless murderers in Canadian history was committing atrocities in your own back yard. Similar atrocities occurred throughout occupied Europe after attacks by partisans or agents on German troops. The atrocities committed on all sides were horrendous and on a gargantuan scale. The concept starts to flag after a while, as Max's smooth chat palls before repeated atrocities. More often than not her exasperated and slightly pained expression could only hint at the atrocities I had committed upon her native tongue. He risked his life to get the word out about the atrocities that were taking place. Well some incredibly good things have come about because of it, but some heinous atrocities were carried out in its name. Whatever oppressive tactics the authorities use, we should not let them stop us protesting and expressing our anger about their atrocities. And in the privacy of their extensive suites, yesterday's atrocities should prompt heart-searching among some of those present. Political reform in the country is fostering greater openness about past atrocities but little accountability. However, we cannot continue to stoop to their level, because it removes our right to righteous indignation at their atrocities. The prisons represent more of a juxtaposition of architectural fragments along breathtaking perspectives than the atrocities of carceral life. These atrocities aren't readily explicable by any of the default analyses or classic responses of conventional politics. You can believe that these atrocities changed the world and made hitherto unthinkable expedients necessary. Show More Sentences Being a second generation Estonian, I would like to point out that Estonians had the same atrocities committed against them. On the flip side, the district has the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of cases of atrocities against women. We speak of inhuman cruelty when atrocities are so hard-heartedly cruel that we cannot conceive of ourselves as inflicting them. After forced enlistment in the Bulgarian army, he witnesses the atrocities of war. Yet you say some of the worst atrocities, such as the Soviet Gulag and the Cultural Revolution, were committed in the name of secularism. The environment of guerrilla warfare, a war without fronts, undoubtedly created a setting conducive to atrocities. Ever more dire warnings of impending atrocities were appearing in the press from ' behind the scenes' sources. Walking around the city last night, several hours after the morning's atrocities, many people were visibly rattled by what had happened. The film gives us found footage spotlighting U.S. atrocities across the globe. According to Sanghera, at the time of the initiation of the Khalsa, many wars and atrocities had marred the landscape of India. Because they need the airbase and military base that he allows them to have there in return for turning a blind eye to his atrocities. He was the first to publish articles exposing the atrocities committed and he deprecated the policy of non-resistance. I don't think he was exposed to enough of their atrocities and enough of their brutalities to understand what he really was getting involved in. This blurring of motives and roles is even more the case when the photographer is knowingly involved in the atrocities. These atrocities are despoiling our people and our paradise as hope dwindles. As a Nobel prizewinner, he has access to international platforms where he can speak out against such atrocities. Yes, yes, regicide was often accompanied by such atrocities, but this was the 20th century. He may see himself as a regular sort of guy, but he is morally responsible for atrocities. But the sad truth is that the worst atrocities continue to be committed in the name of national security. He reinvents himself after committing horrific atrocities and seems to constantly try to keep the past at bay. Show More Sentences Indeed through history there have been religious wars where zealots have perpetrated atrocities in the name of their religion. Religious hypocrisy and atrocities committed in the name of faiths underlie much of the history of the world. Illnesses and atrocities occur with a frequency related to the country you were born in and your own genetics. Every case of slavery, however lenient its inflictions and mitigated its atrocities, indicates an oppressor, the oppressed, and oppression. And the coverage of U.S. atrocities aroused feelings of shame rather than pride. They are forced to commit atrocities against their own families and communities. The region has been the scene of some of the worst atrocities in the five-year-old civil war in Congo. Some of them also said they had been forced to witness or commit atrocities, including rape and murder. Much of the fighting and many atrocities against civilians took place in Bosnia. Their endurance in battle soon became as legendary as their involvement in a number of war crimes and atrocities. The year since the invasion has been marked by further war crimes and atrocities. Have people forgotten who started the war and committed countless atrocities during it? Rights advocates say that the number of atrocities against women in the country is increasing. Empathy is the missing psychological link in people who commit hate crimes and other atrocities. Terrorists responsible for atrocities, mass murderers and child killers will serve their entire lives in jail. In the old days there was no way of taking photographs of war atrocities and popping them on the net for all to see. Those responsible for atrocities against the Acehnese should be brought to trial. It was a brave new world recovering from the atrocities and bleakness of war. Inevitably, there will be atrocities that will cause many good-hearted people to defect from the cause. The tacit admission reinforces the grimmest lesson of the American atrocities. Show More Sentences Often induced by witnessing atrocities, the trauma's impact has been magnified by the effects of malnutrition and squalid living conditions. Is it just that the war isn't just, so that even small numbers of deaths in the war are awful atrocities? This included his attempts at historical revisionism regarding the atrocities carried out by the fascist regime of Ante Pavilic during World War Two. Molina has since admitted to going by the alias Tito during the civil war but denied his troops were involved in any atrocities. Many prominent Congolese human-rights activists consider minerals to be at the heart of the perpetration of atrocities. The world still does not know the extent of the atrocities committed in Sinjar. They cannot mention the Tutsi atrocities in neighbouring Burundi, or the RPF invasions that contributed to civil war. In 1991, it was the scene of one of the worst atrocities of the first Persian Gulf War, when a British warplane dropped bombs on a crowded market, killing 150 civilians. La Barbie videotaped himself in the act of committing atrocities and mailed the evidence to The Dallas Morning News. He is widely believed to have fueled the war in support of one of the fighting parties, to which he committed ragtag militias that perpetrated unspeakable atrocities. In the ensuing nine months, divisions have considerably deepened because of mass atrocities committed by both sides. The program, Satellite Sentinel Project, is designed to document and deter atrocities against civilians. There he lies in fetal position, reeling from thoughts of the atrocities he has committed, which spool endlessly in his mind. I will make life so hard for these wretched lummoxes who pass for my servants that the atrocities of Ivan the Terrible will seem like a fairy-picnic! What was so tragic was to know that, through no fault of their own, they are caught up in the awful atrocities being carried out in their homeland. Each night, the citizens of Los Angeles commit atrocities on each other which rival the most violent screenplays from the film studios a few miles away. People who would normally abhor applying the thumbscrews earnestly debated whether the risks of further atrocities justified brutal treatment of suspected terrorists. As these atrocities were happening, the self-governing body within the ghetto collected and analysed the information and began preparing for resistance. Who could believe this man when his government serially exercises its power of veto to prevent numerous UN resolutions against atrocities perpetuated upon these people? I cannot go into the atrocities the torturers inflicted upon her. Show More Sentences We are doing injustice to the Madrassa students by not condemning the atrocities against them and not bettering their conditions regarding education and establishment. Tournament officials conceded that the event could be cancelled entirely in the aftermath of the shocking atrocities that have sent shock waves across the world. Fighting spread a month later to the Morea, and Greek battlefield successes were marred by atrocities against Turkish civilians. But the human rights camp often downplays the military might that must underpin any successful effort to hold thugs and tyrants accountable for their atrocities. The second element of command responsibility is the failure to take reasonable measures to control one's subordinates by preventing atrocities or punishing the perpetrators. Moreover they know that if they become too flagrant in their suppression of opposition and commit atrocities, the United Nations stands ready to intervene to overthrow them. To mark the six months since the September 11 atrocities, your administration has launched a national colour code showing the level of the terrorist threat facing the country. Come December every other house will be plastered in the tackiest of tacky flashing lights and we will laugh, regaling each other with sightings of aesthetic atrocities. And, fourthly, a reliable record of atrocities is established, so that future generations may be made fully aware of the events, and remember the victims. The roll-call of the missing presumed dead is the tragic emblem of such atrocities, and it is no surprise that the fate of one woman in particular has caused much comment. Without in any way excusing horrible atrocities against civilians, it is crucial to understand the use of violence, even terror, in terms that go beyond a single individual. Dorjee Richen set himself ablaze on October 23 in his homeland Tibet against the rising Chinese atrocities. This covers custodial deaths, police atrocities, encounter killings, illegal detention and disappearances. These atrocities were often used to justify the British reaction to the rebellion. Execution, deaths from forced labor and other atrocities resulted in millions of deaths under Mao. Large bands of armed brigands roamed the country committing all manner of atrocities. While Alba rested, he sent his son Don Fadrique to revenge the Beggar's atrocities. While in office, he plundered a Spanish fort on Tidore, poisoned the sultan of Ternate and committed atrocities against the local population. They committed sabotage, diverted regular forces and committed numerous atrocities against civilian population. I wish that the atrocities of which we hear so much and which I abhor as much as any man, were indeed unexampled. Show More Sentences Menschen im Sturm reprised Heimkehr's effort to justify the invasion of Slavonia, using many of the same atrocities. European diplomats and intellectuals saw the Greek struggle for independence, with its accounts of Turkish atrocities, in a romantic light. This was followed in 1757 by the fall of Fort William Henry and the Indian atrocities that followed. The earlier atrocities had made confidence or goodwill between parties impossible. The Queen had a relatively balanced view of the conflict, and condemned atrocities on both sides. The civil war was viciously fought and there were many atrocities committed by all sides. The serfs later committed atrocities against French soldiers during France's retreat. Both sides committed the worst atrocities of the Napoleonic Wars during this phase of the conflict. Yet, the depiction of the unavoidability of these human atrocities is implicitly a desire for a better world. The year leading up to the ceasefires was a particularly tense one, marked by atrocities. The war divided the British, but the Russian success caused some to forget the atrocities and call for intervention on the Turkish side. Putting an end to these atrocities, however, has proved unsettlingly difficult because there is no one-size-fits-all solution. All sides committed atrocities against civilians in this war, exacerbating the population displacement begun by the Plantation. Up to 300,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the war, including notable atrocities such as the 2014 Bentiu massacre. They appear to see not atrocities but adventure, not gore but glory. Countless millions in that vast landmass have endured every conceivable horror, from famine, wars, atrocities and disease for decades. We have to give a clear answer to these repressions and atrocities in Syria. Owing to the atrocities of Sharia Law the Islamophiles make a crucial necessary distinction between Islamicizing and Shariafying. King Leopold appointed and financed his own commission to put these accusations to rest, but it too confirmed the atrocities. The era of the Congo Free State is most infamous for the large number of atrocities committed under it. Show More Sentences Some of the circles thus oriented saw an agreement, rather than war, with Muscovy as a way to escape the atrocities of war and disseverance of Livonia. The novel puts Gunther right in the middle of a ghastly battle between Serbs and Croats and some of the worst atrocities that one has ever heard or read about. Serbs are afraid that Bosnian Muslims will not miss the opportunity to retribute the atrocities that had been perpetrated on them for the last four years. Sierra Leone is known for its blood diamonds that were mined and sold to diamond conglomerates during the civil war, to buy the weapons that fuelled its atrocities. During the war Brangwyn created a number of propaganda images highlighting atrocities committed against Belgium and the suffering endured by the country. The atrocities committed on the Sikhs in 1984 and on the Muslims recurrently because of communalism are an utter disgrace to our state and society. Amrita Pater and her family, too, are victims of Naxal atrocities. This exodus of people is a perfect opportunity for terrorist groups to enter Europe easily and form sleeper cells to commit atrocities at some future date. On Friday, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said IS fighters accused of atrocities were expected to be added to a UN list of possible war crime indictees. Among other atrocities, he had instituted a new version of republican marriage, which involved tying a naked man and woman together and drowning them. After the systematic atrocities by the German army in the first few weeks of the war, German civil servants took control and were generally correct, albeit strict and severe. The most notable of atrocities carried out by loyalists during this time was the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in which 34 people died, mainly in Dublin itself. The German occupiers committed numerous atrocities, mass executions, and wholesale slaughter of civilians and destruction of towns and villages in reprisals. His brother, Jiri Kopidlansky, revenged Jan by continuing atrocities. There are no atrocities either against the Marathas or anybody else. Tales of atrocities committed during his military operations in Flanders became part of Dutch and English folklore, forming a central component of the Black Legend. When De Ruyter recaptured the West African trading posts, many pamphlets were written about presumed new Dutch atrocities, although these contained no basis in fact. A peace treaty with Japan was signed in 1951 to formally tie up any loose ends such as compensation to be paid to Allied prisoners of war who had been victims of atrocities. Haig was making similar complaints about Lloyd George, whom he privately compared to the Germans accusing the Allies of atrocities, of which they were guilty. I REACTED with disbelief when I learned that people in Kenya want compensation for so-called atrocities carried out by British soldiers 60 years ago. Show More Sentences In the initial years there was little fighting, but from 2006 the Taliban made significant gains and showed an increased willingness to commit atrocities against civilians. Many African countries try to forget about atrocities carried out in their recent pasts, said Kadar Ahmed, chairman of the commission, speaking at the gravesite. Many atrocities and war crimes were committed during the war such as the Bataan Death March and the Manila massacre that culminated with the Battle of Manila. Examples from Classical Literature We are weary of recounting these atrocities, as others must be of reading them. For the next ten years he was more or less concerned with the hideous atrocities of the albigensian war. Aunt M'riar went on to mention other atrocities ascribed by Mrs. Burr to the freckly brother. Not the part of hypercriticism and misconstruction of Northern 'Orders,' and affectionate blindness to Southern atrocities. Such are the atrocities upon which suburbia has to base its ideas of one of the most imposing of trees. Where is Bushido in Japan, that it does not rise in indignation at these atrocities? Ireland and Scotland, likewise, have each been made the theatre of her atrocities. The roumanian peasants committed all conceivable atrocities. The English nation have never forgiven Mary for these atrocities. It is often difficult to find any motive for their atrocities. But economic historians and other trade analysts say that revoking MFN will not make Chinese leaders end their atrocities. What is it that allows such atrocities by loyalists to go off almost unnoticed? As blame is traded back and forth between countries, the UN looks on impotently as atrocities continue. Ross figures in Bone to Pick as the voice of advocacy and reason as to the merit of the state and city awarding reparations to those who survived the atrocities. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of atrocities? Words that rhyme with atrocities What is the adverb for atrocities? What is the adjective for atrocities? What is the noun for atrocities? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words atrociousness atrociously atrocious atrium at-risk at risk atrocity atrophic atrophied atrophies atrophoderma atrophy 10-letter Words Starting With a at atr atro atroc atroci atrocit atrociti atrocitie