war crime

Noun

Meaning

a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

holocaust evil massacre outrage enormity genocide crime against humanity violation of customs of war armed genocide holocaust treatment infamous genocide professional holocaust crime during a war violation of war laws military offence
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Antonyms

peace understanding consideration morality tolerance purity
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Hypernyms

crime criminal offence criminal offense law-breaking

Examples

I find wholly baffling the widespread belief today that the dropping of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs was an immoral act, even possibly a war crime to rank with Nazi genocide. J. G. Ballard

The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime. Noam Chomsky

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime. George Wald

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well. Sebastian Junger

Recently I was discharged from the German army while in this prison and was informed that I am on the so-called war criminal list number seven. I haven't the faintest idea of what war crime I could have committed. The main thing is that I have a clear conscience. Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. John Pomfret

Close letter words and terms

war club war communism war correspondent war criminal war cry war daddy