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barbaric

[bahr-bar-ik] / bɑrˈbær ɪk /


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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

Grande commented on the post: "Please do not use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense."

From BBC Jun. 12, 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

I observed the Humans as they communicated in their barbaric tongue.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth




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