残酷
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Meanings
cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
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His cruel words deeply wounded her heart.
It is our mission to convey the cruelty of war to future generations.
The dictator continued to suppress opposing forces through ruthless means.
The law of the jungle in nature may appear merciless, but that is reality.
No matter how cruel her fate was, she accepted it quietly.
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