atrocity
noun
ADJ. appalling, dreadful, terrible, worst one of the worst atrocities of the war| alleged | terrorist
VERB + ATROCITY be responsible for, carry out, commit, perpetrate In the war, both sides committed atrocities.| suffer
ATROCITY + VERB occur, take place
ATROCITY + NOUN stories
PREP. ~ against atrocities against the civilian population| ~ by reports of atrocities by gunmen
PHRASES accounts/allegations/reports of atrocities
