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barbaric

[bahr-bar-ik] / bɑrˈbær ɪk /


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The law firm says the use of the rooms was "barbaric", according to its clients.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

In his journal, Perry described the performance as "barbaric", performed by wrestlers "more like bulls than humans".

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

He arranged Donald’s funeral on the hottest day of the year; they thought she fainted from sadness when it was just the barbaric humidity.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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