war crime

Noun

Meaning

a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war

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Synonyms

holocaust evil outrage enormity genocide crime against humanity violation of customs of war armed genocide infamous genocide inflicted holocaust major atrocity nazi crime professional holocaust violation of war laws crime committed in wartime

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Antonyms

peace understanding consideration tolerance morality 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