Cruel act (8)
I believe the answer is:
atrocity
(Other definitions for atrocity that I've seen before include "monstrous crime" , "Appalling act" , "Wickedness" , "villainy" , "Barbarity, inhumanity" .)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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