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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

He said the Nazi regime was "the most barbaric ever, and I'd never make light of nor dilute its seriousness".

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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

One reason may be that many of the incarcerated are in bad shape and would embarrass the barbaric Ms. Rodríguez, who tries to cultivate a persona of civility by dressing like Imelda Marcos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

All that stands in the way of our assessment of our sixteenth- and seventeenth-century ancestors as cruel, barbaric monsters is what they produced in art, poetry, architecture and music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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