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barbaric

[bahr-bar-ik] / bɑrˈbær ɪk /


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In July, when the first deportees were sent to Eswatini, a US Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said on social media they were "so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back".

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Woods denounced the gas chamber just as others in Arizona had once denounced hanging, saying that it was barbaric and out of step with modern standards of justice.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

"What happened was barbaric, deplorable and shameful. We want the strictest punishment for those responsible," said Badshah Mian, managing director of Pioneer Knitwear.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

This statement, spoken through mechanical narration that makes it all the more barbaric, made my heart sink and my teeth grit.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

The blind girl understood Braavosi and could speak it passably, she had even lost most of her barbaric accent, but the kindly man was not content.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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