Synonym: cruelness, harshness, inhuman treatment, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness. Similar words: cruel, cruel and unusual punishment, grueling, accrue, quell, fuel, felt, belt. Meaning: ['kruːəltɪ] n. 1. a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering 2. feelings of extreme heartlessness 3. the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
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91 Ex-prisoners talked of systematic cruelty within the jail.
92 That's Crusade against Cruelty, tomorrow, at six twenty five.
93 Farmer on trial for breaking animal cruelty ban.
94 Cruelty and fear shake hands together. Honore de Balzac
95 Cruelty to animals is punishable by law.
96 I don't hold with cruelty to cats. Terry Pratchett
97 I never saw any one perform an act of cruelty.
98 To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. The more helpless the creature,(http://sentencedict.com/cruelty.html) the more it is entitled to protection by man from the cruelty of man. Mahatma Gandhi
99 Grown-up in his own fisherman's kingdom, his cruelty brands him an emblematic villain.
100 But if they impose such a diet on their pet cats, they should be prosecuted for cruelty to animals.
101 Reunited with its owner after a night of horrific cruelty.
102 Read in studio A racehorse trainer who appealed against a cruelty conviction has had his fines and costs more than doubled.
103 The owner had already been convicted for cruelty - but hadn't been banned from keeping sheep.
104 Hudgins said Class A misdemeanor cruelty to animal charges will be filed Wednesday against the four who participated in the killing.
105 From that time she was kept in close confinement and treated with cruelty.
106 Equally parliamentarians spoke of cruelty, inhumanity and tyranny as features of the slave trade and slavery, often providing vivid examples.
107 We should have a law which prevents deliberate cruelty to animals even if those animals are wild. 3.
108 Once he has lost control and lashed out at his tormentor, she then sports undeniable evidence of his cruelty.
109 If both parties committed abandonment, adultery, or extreme cruelty, the union was still held to be inviolate.
110 Their days of cruelty are numbered and the fewer days before fox hunting is banned the better.
111 He had carried out a deliberate act causing unnecessary suffering and cruelty.
112 But this consensus conceals important differences, especially those that concern when cruelty occurs.
113 Those opposed to whaling focus on its inherent cruelty, the non-essential nature of whale products, and the danger of over-exploitation.
114 The worse thing for me has been to realize that kind of cruelty exists.
115 A TV programme about cruelty to children brought hundreds of letters from concerned viewers.
116 In Central News tonight: A sickening case - Woman faces jail for animal cruelty.
117 Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue.
118 There was no sentiment towards them and no positive cruelty either.
119 The cruelty with which Mengele's orders were carried out was ruthless and calculated.
120 At its most complex and demanding, involvement may mean taking action to protect a child against cruelty and neglect.