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Meanings of extreme cruelty in English

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Usage of extreme cruelty in English
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In this case the charges were non-support and drunkenness and extreme cruelty.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
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Together, they'd made him a thing of extreme cruelty and extreme beauty.
Radiant Shadows
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He came out and was arrested and thrown in jail, charged with extreme cruelty.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
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His petition stated the reason for this was " extreme cruelty and desertion."
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
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We may be able to pull a case through on the ground of extreme cruelty.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and S...
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Theoretically, this should protect animals from extreme cruelty.
The Guardian
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Her lover had palpably and with extreme cruelty deceived her; but she had grieved, and forgiven.
The Maid of Maiden Lane
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The intended bridegroom was always a ready witness to swear to a case of extreme cruelty.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
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Others were arrested and treated with extreme cruelty.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
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There is something almost sadistic in the combination in her character of erotic sensibility with extreme cruelty.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
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The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into a double-child murder "committed with extreme cruelty".
News.com.au
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The killers of Brendin Horner displayed extreme cruelty, torturing their victim before tying his body to a pole.
The South African
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Thousands of citizens were gathered around, many of them earnestly protesting against the extreme cruelty of his punishment.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
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He has been charged in absence for two crimes - rape and premeditated murder with extreme cruelty, Tsatsarov said.
Reuters
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The victims of extreme cruelty do not live to tell of it; but German soldiers themselves have told the story.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
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The island of Melos, which had remained neutral, is conquered by the Athenians; its inhabitants are treated with extreme cruelty.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Ris...
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