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That wouldn’t stop the health care machine from crushing more people because that cruelty and violence is systemic, not individual — and that problem can’t be fixed by a lone avenger with a gun.

From Salon

The couple denied causing or allowing Abiyah's death, and also child cruelty by failing to provide adequate nourishment or summon medical care.

From BBC

But they saved a particular brand of cruelty for the Yazidi people whose religion they despised.

From BBC

Later she realizes with great regret, and too late, the corrosive cruelty in which she participated for her benefit, carried out by a talentless, ordinary man who demonizes her friend purely for political benefit.

From Salon

"This cruelty is simply unacceptable and undermines trust in the government's ability to deliver a fair and compassionate compensation process," she said.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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