3
be of a cruel disposition(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel as it is(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel design(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel enough to say(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel glitter in his eyes(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel hand of capital(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel punitive actions(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
cruel suffering(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
fiendish(adjective, characteristic, cruelty, atrocity)
3
fierce(adjective, characteristic, cruelty, atrocity)
3
gang of cruel robbers(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
in a cruel irony(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
kick against cruel treatment(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
savagely cruel backlash(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
show oneself cruel(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
suffer cruel persecutions(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
under heel of a cruel tyrant(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
3
wantonly cruel(expression, violence, cruelty, atrocity)
2
barbarian(adjective, characteristic, cruelty, atrocity)
2
barbarous(adjective, characteristic, cruelty, atrocity)
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