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outrage

/ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ noun B2
  1. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act. (countable, uncountable)
  3. The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts. (uncountable)

Plural outrages

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The Standard commented upon the fact that lawless outrages of the sort usually occurred under a Liberal Administration.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 55 · B2
On one occasion he actually seized her in his arms and embraced her—an outrage which caused his own secretary to reproach him for his unmanly conduct.’
A Study in Scarlet, p. 61 · B2
Petty thefts, wanton assaults, purposeless outrage—to the man who held the clue all could be worked into one connected whole.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 33 · C1
A man who had read deeply about Napoleon, or who had possibly received some hereditary family injury through the great war, might conceivably form such an idée fixe and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 71 · C1

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