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Cruelty is any willful act that causes pain, suffering, sorrow, humiliation, or death to another person or animal, or allows such things to continue when they can be easily stopped. The reason for doing this can range from complete indifference to outright pleasure, but either way, a cruel person demonstrates an insensitive disregard for another creature’s wellbeing.

Related tags:

• torture - A character inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on another character.
• sadism - A character derives pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
• snuff - A character derives sexual pleasure from death.

See also:

• death - A character is no longer living.
• dying - A character is in the actual process of succumbing to death.
• execution - The act of deliberately putting someone to death as a penalty for an offense
• gore - The artistic depiction of extreme violence performed upon a character.
• killing - The depiction of a character being killed.
• murdered - The depiction of a character being killed without any justification.