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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

The sheer barbarity of these scenes may explain why they haven’t garnered more attention.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2024

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said President Vladimir Putin's "cowardice and barbarity" would not prevail.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2024

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

This fact may calm the apprehensions of those very humane persons who look upon experimental physiologists as very monsters of barbarity.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

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

All through that dining-car dinner on the 'Overland Flyer' you were trying to reconcile me with the Western barbarities.

From The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde




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