From a moral perspective these crimes were brutal, horrible atrocities.

He was eventually betrayed by his foster brothers and killed by them in what was a horrible atrocity.

The troops completely plundered the town and perpetrated horrible atrocities on the inhabitants.

"We are hearing stories of molestation of Tamil women, of horrible atrocities."

Pyle's activism, even if distortedly idealistic, involves a horrible atrocity.

Clearly, she'd expected horrible atrocities to befall her.

"The Russian soldiers are ravishing the women and committing horrible atrocities" in the sector of Beijing they occupied.

The most heinous, horrible atrocities were part of daily life.

A sentence which had been imposed immediately, mercilessly, and in some cases accompanied by the most horrible atrocities.

Were they going to perpetrate the horrible atrocity of nailing her to the cross?