as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
the unconscionable fiendishness of the acts committed by terrorists
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Noun
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Jake Haro pleaded guilty to willful cruelty to a child following a 2018 arrest, KABC reported.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Three people face animal cruelty charges in connection with a home in Old Saybrook where authorities reportedly found more than 100 dead animals.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 Aug. 2025
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Only then are we forced to wrestle with the true brutality of war.—
Seema Jilani
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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In 1943, his UPA carried out a bloody campaign of massacres and terrorism against Polish civilians in the regions of Volhynia and Galicia, with a level of brutality that shocked even the Nazis.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Fiendishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiendishness. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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