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Meanings of wanton cruelty in English

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Usage of wanton cruelty in English
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In it, along with much wanton cruelty, was displayed much excellent heroism.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol....
2
The inquisitors, and those who supported them, cannot be charged with wanton cruelty.
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
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When Mar Shimon's attendants come, they treat her with wanton cruelty.
Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
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Is not this wanton cruelty-crueltyeven unheard of cruelty that no savage possesses?
Miscellaneous Prose
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This language is wanton cruelty,-itis fiendish insult,-isit not, Evelyn?
Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 09
6
That was wanton cruelty; to reprobate too strongly such revolting barbarity is almost impossible.
America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat
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She was a Christian slave, whose eyes had been put out in wanton cruelty.
The Amulet
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This wanton cruelty was based on a false demand made on them for money.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
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Its origin-jealousyperhaps, or wanton cruelty-wasyet to be unravelled.
Northanger Abbey
10
It was very natural for Twirling-stick Mike to repent him suddenly of his wanton cruelty.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
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Whenever acts of wanton cruelty took place, the blame was generally laid at his door.
The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
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The prisoners of either sex are seldom spared but slain on the spot with wanton cruelty.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
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The Irish prison system has rarely been the subject of accusations of deliberate abuse or wanton cruelty.
The Irish Times
14
He is waiting beyond this life and this world of wicked war and wanton cruelty and slaughter.
A Minstrel in France
15
Ja-khaz, with wanton cruelty, brought his steel upon the ancient head, and stretched him upon the floor.
The Last American / A Fragment from the Journal of Khan-li, Prin...
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And wanton cruelty may have been a factor in how Spooky ended up looking as she currently does.
The Irish Times
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