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barbarity

[bahr-bar-i-tee] / bɑrˈbær ɪ ti /


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"No one cares about us", Najdi lamented, calling on "everyone who can to exert pressure to stop this barbarity".

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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

Under such circumstances, great barbarity to slaves, though always possible, was not likely to be common, and the protection of religion was added to the force of habit.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole




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