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barbarity

[bahr-bar-i-tee] / bɑrˈbær ɪ ti /


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But Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said Sunday that "there is no justification whatsoever for the barbarity committed," calling it "an unforgivable act of irrationality."

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

"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

Thine is a Bacon, hapless in his choice; Unfit to stand the civil storm of state, And through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various




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