Cruel definition

Cruel means brutal, inhuman, sadistic, or that which torments.
Cruel means designed to inflict a high degree of pain with utter indifference to, or even enjoyment of, the suffering of others.
Cruel means that the player intends to virtually inflict a high degree of pain by torture or serious physical abuse of the victim in addition to killing the victim.

Examples of Cruel in a sentence

  • This mechanism was established in response to the UK’s obligations as a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), an international human rights treaty designed to strengthen the protection of people deprived of their liberty.

  • Cruel and inhuman treatment - This occurs where the spouse is put in a position that is unbearable and may be dangerous to remain with the other spouse.

  • The Government of Denmark has examined the contents of the reservation made by the Government of Qatar to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment regarding any interpretation of the provisions of the Convention that is incompatible with the precepts of Islamic law and the Islamic religion.

  • E/RES/1989/65 (May 24, 1989) 22 Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law (1987) passim Status of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treat- ment or Punishment, United Nations Treaty Collection (Dec.

  • Accordingly, the Government of the Kingdom of Spain objects to the above-mentioned reservation made by the Government of the State of Qatar to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.


More Definitions of Cruel

Cruel means causing unnecessary and excessive pain or suffering or unjustifiable injury or death.
Cruel means pitiless or designed to inflict a high degree of pain, utter indifference to, or enjoyment of the sufferings of others.
Cruel means that the defendant intended to inflict a high degree of pain by torture or serious physical abuse of the victim in addition to killing the victim.
Cruel means that the defendant intended to inflict a high degree of pain by torturing the victim in addition to killing the victim.]
Cruel means causing unnecessary, excessive, or unreasonable pain or suffering or injury.
Cruel means that the player intends to virtually inflict a high degree of pain by torture or serious physical abuse of the victim. CAL. CIV. CODE § 1746(d)(2) (West 2011).
Cruel means the defendant intended to inflict a high