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atrocity(noun, violence, coldness, brutality, viciousness)
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barbarism(noun, speech, violence, severity, torture)
26
brutishness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
25
brutality(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
22
callousness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
21
spitefulness(noun, violence, hatred, severity, torture)
20
inhumanity(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
20
unfeelingness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
19
sadism(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
19
despotism(noun, abuse, violence, misery, suffering)
19
fiendishness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
19
savageness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
18
coarseness(noun, violence, severity, torture, spite)
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torture(noun, abuse, harm, violence, torment)
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animality(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
17
bloodthirstiness(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
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coldness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
17
ferocity(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
17
malignity(noun, violence, hatred, severity, torture)
17
rancor(noun, violence, hatred, spite, harshness)
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