Meaning of Outrage | Babel Free

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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