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ruthlessness(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
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savagery(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
17
venom(noun, violence, hatred, bitterness, spite)
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viciousness(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
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wickedness(noun, trouble, wrong, slight, damage)
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murderousness(noun, adjective, force, attack, disorder)
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persecution(noun, slight, damage, abuse, harm)
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spite(noun, slight, damage, evil, harm)
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violence(noun, adjective, force, power, extreme)
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barbarity(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
15
depravity(noun, trouble, evil, harm, violence)
15
hard-heartedness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
15
heartlessness(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
15
insensibility(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
15
insensitiveness(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
15
mercilessness(noun, anger, violence, atrocity)
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masochism(noun, violence, severity, torture, coarseness)
14
nastiness(noun, violence, hatred, bitterness, spite)
14
vindictiveness(noun, violence, hatred, spite, malice)
12
fierceness(noun, violence, atrocity, mercilessness)
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