Jyokou cannot stand Riju's cruel methods anymore and killed him.

It was an especially cruel method of death as it would sometimes take hours, or even days for the victim to die.

However, in the new murders, the killer appeared to favor quicker, less cruel methods.

Many people wanted a less cruel method of execution.

And on the other side are animal rights advocates who say the hunt is a cruel method of controlling the deer problem.

He also organized several seminars speaking against cruel methods of killing animals.

It is sometimes the case that the public good cannot be attained or maintained without evil and cruel methods.

They used cruel methods to obtain many of the art works considered holy.

I do not speak of other very cruel methods of killing people.

Scientists wrote among others: "No director knowing her own worth would debase herself for using so primitive and cruel methods".