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barbarity

[bahr-bar-i-tee] / bɑrˈbær ɪ ti /


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"It is within our power to stop the war, to stop the barbarity, and to win rights," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The sheer barbarity of these scenes may explain why they haven’t garnered more attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said President Vladimir Putin's "cowardice and barbarity" would not prevail.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024

He isn't merely tormented by the barbarity of vampirism, which he refuses to indulge as far as that goes.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2022

That untutored genius, so striking in the boldness and brilliancy of its creations, but which more frequently repels through its own native barbarity, was eminently the genius of Crebillon.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various




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