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Definition of "wantonly" []

  • In a wanton manner (adverb)

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Use "wantonly" in a sentence
  • "Project SHAD veterans have waited 30 to 40 years to receive relief for the physical, mental and sociological damages they have suffered because of their involuntary participation in wantonly unlawful and carelessly executed ABC Warfare experiments from 1962 to 1972."
  • "Bart, I think even you can agree that the "right" way to resolve these disagreements doesn't involve a midnight call on a deathly sick man to get his signature on a piece of paper that can then be used to lie to the telecoms that the president is complying with the law in wantonly wiretapping everything in sight? would that be a fair statement? and please elaborate on how suspecting the Acting Attorney General of flat out lying about a conversation he had with Ashcroft is consistent with Bush's notion of bringing honor and integrity back to the WH."
  • "The report cited other possible crimes by the Israelis, including "wantonly" destroying food production, water and sewerage facilities; striking areas, in an effort to kill a small number of combatants, where significant numbers of civilians were gathered; using Palestinians as human shields; and detaining men, women and children in sand pits."