commit an outrage
Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words
To perform a shocking or cruel act. Refers to the second meaning of outrage (an act).
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- Terrorist groups often commit heinous outrages against innocent civilians.
- The dictator continued to commit countless outrages against his own people.
- Such acts of violence commit a grave outrage against humanity.
- It is unthinkable that anyone would commit such an outrage.
- History records many instances where regimes commit terrible outrages.
- To destroy cultural heritage is to commit an outrage against civilization.
- The rebels vowed to commit further outrages if their demands were not met.
- The crime was so shocking, it felt like they had committed an outrage.
- He was accused of attempting to commit an outrage during the protest.
- We must ensure that no one is allowed to commit such outrages again.