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barbarity

[bahr-bar-i-tee] / bɑrˈbær ɪ ti /


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GTA III in 2001 was a naughty revelation—a first-person, three-dimensional, open world of beauty and barbarity.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Earlier Mr Macron visited the school and condemned the "barbarity of Islamist terrorism".

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

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

"Since thou adrìft," says Prometheus, "And that immortal woman by thy side Floated above submerged barbarity To anchor, weary, on the cloven mount, Thou wast my representative."

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney




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