"Massacre" redirects here. For other uses, see Atrocity (disambiguation)

An atrocity (from the Latin atrox, "atrocious", from Latin ater = "matte black" (as distinct from niger = "shiny black")) is a term used to describe crimes ranging from an act committed against a single person to one committed against a population or ethnic group.

In general use, an atrocity or massacre designates a politically or ethnically motivated killing of civilians. In international law, more precise terms are war crime and crime against humanity.

An atrocity can be a single specific event, or a series of events, or can refer to genocide. The defining characteristic of an atrocity is its brutal or systematic nature. It is an act of killing that is in violation of most traditional moral principles, although some societies do not condemn such behavior. Often, hostilities exceed the legitimate mandate of killing enemy combatants to include attacks upon unarmed people, upon combatants after their surrender, or upon otherwise non-combative peoples. Thus, nearly every culture has in its history acts of killing which are atrocities.

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Planned atrocity http://bit.ly/M4rIV
nwoos (Nwoos.com) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:15:02 -0000
Planned atrocity http://bit.ly/M4rIV
Planned atrocity http://ff.im/-aPj2V
nsharif (Nadir Sharif) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:04:00 -0000
Planned atrocity http://ff.im/-aPj2V
@Hammer while there would have been boos at that atrocity, the majority is probably broooooce.
davidahughes (Dave Hughes) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:19:37 -0000
@Hammer while there would have been boos at that atrocity, the majority is probably broooooce.
Hi all! Atrocity Exhibition just got published: http://trim.su/1Oaf (by Slade)
Justourlove (Tj Bartell) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:04:33 -0000
Hi all! Atrocity Exhibition just got published: http://trim.su/1Oaf (by Slade)
I hope to never see this obscene atrocity in a Mediterranean port: http://bit.ly/2scgrs (via @titanas)
oriste (oriste) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:35:25 -0000
I hope to never see this obscene atrocity in a Mediterranean port: http://bit.ly/2scgrs (via @titanas)
Americans! Defend yourselves against Liberal atrocity and propaganda! #tcot #gop #iamthemob #912 #glennbeck
usanumbahone (Randall Haight) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:17:01 -0000
Americans! Defend yourselves against Liberal atrocity and propaganda! #tcot #gop #iamthemob #912 #glennbeck

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