barbarous
Example Sentences
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Al-Qaeda, broken for a while by an alliance between the Americans and Sunni tribes, regenerated into the even more barbarous IS.
From BBC
"The appellant was one of the key leaders... who committed gruel and barbarous crimes against his own people for his party's own political and ideological goals," Chea Leang said.
From Reuters
"In granting Beijing host status for the Olympic Games, we are crowning a barbarous regime with laurels while we should be condemning their abuse and genocide," Smith wrote in his prepared remarks.
From Fox News
“In granting Beijing host status for the Olympic Games, we are crowning a barbarous regime with laurels while we should be condemning their abuse and genocide,” Smith wrote in his prepared remarks.
From Seattle Times
On Saturday the US state department condemned "the barbarous attack".
From BBC
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