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barbaric

[bahr-bar-ik] / bɑrˈbær ɪk /


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The law firm says the use of the rooms was "barbaric", according to its clients.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Vikings weren’t just “simple, uncivilized, barbaric hordes,” says historian after a huge 1,000-year-old textile production site was discovered.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

Woods denounced the gas chamber just as others in Arizona had once denounced hanging, saying that it was barbaric and out of step with modern standards of justice.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2026

This statement, spoken through mechanical narration that makes it all the more barbaric, made my heart sink and my teeth grit.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2026

Dany felt shabby and barbaric as she rode past them in her lions kin robe with black Dragon on one shoulder.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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