{
    "term": "atrocity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a cruel and violent act, especially in a war",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the war, both sides committed atrocities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "atrocities against the civilian population"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the worst atrocities of the war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "reports of atrocities by gunmen"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appalling", "terrible", "worst"],
                "verb + atrocity": ["be responsible for", "carry out", "commit"],
                "atrocity + verb": ["occur", "take place"],
                "atrocity + noun": ["stories"],
                "preposition": ["atrocity against", "atrocity by"],
                "phrases": [
                    "accounts of atrocities",
                    "allegations of atrocities",
                    "reports of atrocities"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɒsəti/",
                "audio": "at/atrocity/atrocity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɑːsəti/",
                "audio": "at/atrocity/atrocity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cruelty’): from French atrocité or Latin atrocitas, from atrox, atroc- ‘cruel’."
}