Burning the village to the ground, shooting all the villagers and plundering the area for valuables, the rebel committed one of the most heinous acts of war.” 在以上这句话中，如何得到划线单词heinous的语意？

中国大学MOOC: “Burning the village to the ground, shooting all the villagers and plundering the area for valuables, the rebel committed one of the most heinous acts of war.” 在以上这句话中，如何得到划线单词heinous的语意？

The Japanese committed heinous crimes upon the Chinese people in the past century. Therefore we have every right to hate them.