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barbarity

[bahr-bar-i-tee] / bɑrˈbær ɪ ti /


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But Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said Sunday that "there is no justification whatsoever for the barbarity committed," calling it "an unforgivable act of irrationality."

From Barron's Dec. 28, 2025

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

Before going they all regard bull-fighting as you do, as an atrocity, a barbarity, but invariably they return from the Plaza de Toros filled with delight and admiration.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

Hudson, now 24, later apologised for the posts and called them "barbarities" and "dark humour".

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

"Quino built the story with very human characters through the eyes of children, who say terrible barbarities with no filter," series director Lorena Munoz told Reuters.

From Reuters Sep. 26, 2023

Exceptions include the veteran British graphic artist Sue Coe, who finds focus for her classic Expressionism and her lifelong sorrow and anger at human barbarities.

From The New Yorker Nov. 25, 2019

When we see people fighting against those barbarities, that is part and parcel of America too.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2019

Taddeo in his cell was not subjected to the malicious barbarities with which Monte-Leone had been annoyed.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various




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