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• n  a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
• n  feelings of extreme heartlessness
• n  the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• The cruelty to children charge was included because the daughter witnessed the beating.
• She revels in cruelty and laughter.
• International animal-rights activists accuse India of showing uncharacteristic cruelty toward its cows.

• inhuman treatment
• mercilessness
• pitilessness
• ruthlessness
• cruelness
• harshness

News & Articles

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• District Attorney Launches Campaign Against Animal Cruelty
  The Clark County District Attorney's animal cruelty campaign launched Thursday has a strong message: Hurt your pets and pay the price.
  June 13, 2013 - KLAS Las Vegas
• Former Wareham animal control officer's animal-cruelty trial is Sept 10
  The former Wareham animal control officer charged with animal cruelty has a trial date of Sept. 10. The date was set during a pre-trial hearing in Wareham District Court Thursday.  
  June 13, 2013 - Wareham Courier
• Animal Cruelty Investigation: Dog’s Ears Cut With Scissors
  FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) – A case of animal cruelty out of the Shoals has animal lovers outraged. According to Florence...
  June 11, 2013 - WHNT-TV Huntsville

Quotes

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• Sean Brady in United Press International
  This report makes it clear that great wrong and hurt were caused to some of the most vulnerable children in our society,Brady said. "It documents a shameful catalog of cruelty: neglect, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, perpetrated...
• Al Roker in Forbes
  I, for one, am really tired of the diatribes, the 'humor' at others' expense, the cruelty that passes for 'funny,'Roker said.
• David Johnston in Washington Times
  This war-weary soldier,the author writes, "had a dream of humanity and peace in a world of cruelty and violence. He envisioned a new world as a place where people of different cultures could live together in amity and concord. This became...