barbaric
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Barbaric is an adjective that comes to mind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2017
In his new book Barbaric Sport, Professor Marc Perelman argues that the media's spectacle of sport treats us as morons.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2012
A lonely, haunted, brilliant man … John Healy of Barbaric Genius.
From The Guardian • May 24, 2012
"Barbaric," croaked rumpled, unshaven Minority Leader Howard Baker as he surveyed the blanket-littered hallways.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Barbaric splendour and Eastern gorgeousness we have here and in one line the sense of immense wealth is conveyed— "The meanest cup that touched his lips was fashioned from a chrysolite."
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
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