Outrage

Definitions

1. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
   countable, uncountable
2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
   countable, uncountable
3. The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
   uncountable
4. A destructive rampage.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape⟳ like⟳ an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]”

“The Lords acknowledge the great and happy Providence of Almighty God, in the preventing of ſo horrid an Outrage, which might have⟳ endangered the Lives of the Chief Magiſtrates, and alſo hazarded the Spoil⟳ of the whole City of London.”

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