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Discover LudwigThe phrase "atrocity in itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is inherently an atrocity, regardless of context or additional factors.
Example: "The act of violence was an atrocity in itself, shocking everyone who witnessed it."
Alternatives: "an atrocity on its own" or "an inherent atrocity".
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Did you know that of the 130 million children in the world who are not in school (an atrocity in itself), 70% are girls?
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Just six months after the massacres at Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery shop, France finds itself struggling to comprehend another atrocity in its midst.
Yet there are some startling gaps, such as the sinking of the Kursk submarine and the terrorist atrocity in Beslan itself a turning point in Mr Putin's approach to the West, which he implicitly blamed for Chechen terrorism.
It is a cartoon about atrocity in the abstract.
There has been an atrocity in foreign parts.
We condemn this heinous atrocity in the strongest possible terms.
The princess of punctuation is alleged to have committed a colon atrocity in Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
This week's atrocity in its economic capital should not undermine its progress.
But in handling "atrocity" in general terms, he treads close to exploitative sensationalism.
It was the latest atrocity in an escalating campaign of countrywide sectarian violence.
And just two weeks ago, Serbia's Parliament passed a resolution condemning the atrocity in Srebrenica.
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