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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
事故現場の凄惨な状況に救急隊員も絶句した。
Even the paramedics were speechless at the gruesome scene of the accident.
凄惨な体験を語り継ぐことが戦争抑止になる。
Passing on ghastly experiences can serve as war deterrence.
映画は戦場の凄惨さをありのままに描いた。
The film depicted the horror of the battlefield as it was.