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What does cruelty mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) An indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
  2. (countable) A cruel act.
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Charges of cruelty and animal exploitation may also be pressed, animal rights activists said.
The last we heard of him was a piece in the newspaper describing a charge of cruelty to animals.
No rationalization that human beings give for their cruelty or neglect is ever meaningful to him.
Those of us who have spent many years in animal welfare work have often come to see the worst of animal cruelty, abuse and neglect.
A pilot study by the police force and the SSPCA in 2000 identified for the first time clear links between animal cruelty and domestic abuse.
Soldiers also learned to abide by the laws of war and set more humane boundaries for future military operations to mitigate extreme cruelty.

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