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The phrase "atrocious measures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or policies that are extremely bad or unacceptable, often in a moral or ethical context.
Example: "The government implemented atrocious measures that violated human rights and caused widespread suffering."
Alternatives: "horrendous actions" or "appalling tactics".
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But the circumstances of Doctorow's America are so hostile that they seem to justify the most violent and atrocious measures.
There is a heavy irony here, since for the narrator, improving your station in life justifies the most atrocious measures.
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A Labour Party policy review proposes a national register of private landlords (partly to at least make them pay tax), measures to improve the atrocious state of much of the privately-let stock, and tougher sanctions on rogue landlords.
Among the worst measures are permits for carrying guns in colleges and other public places and the atrocious "stand your ground" laws that basically permit machismo fantasists to shoot to kill when they feel threatened.
The two-man team set out aboard snowmobiles, dragging radar equipment behind them to measure the topography of the rock beneath the windswept ice, in a region notorious for atrocious weather.
Just atrocious.
Atrocious defense.
Absolutely atrocious.
The defending was atrocious.
The delivery is atrocious.
The government is atrocious.
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