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barbarity

[bahr-bar-i-tee] / bɑrˈbær ɪ ti /


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"It is within our power to stop the war, to stop the barbarity, and to win rights," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

“If we cannot stand up to call it what it is — a monstrous act of barbarity — then we have lost the plot.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

"What is missing to criminalize these people? And punish the clubs sportively? Why don't the sponsors charge La Liga? Don't the televisions bother to broadcast this barbarity every weekend?" he said.

From BBC • May 22, 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

We shall then agitate anew, and endeavor, through public meetings and the press, to exhibit the barbarity of refusing their humble request.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old




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