barbarity
noun
bar·bar·i·ty
bär-ˈber-ə-tē 
-ˈba-rə-
plural barbarities
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a
: barbarous cruelty : inhumanity
b
: an act or instance of such cruelty
Examples of barbarity in a Sentence
The barbarity of the attack was horrifying.
The photos vividly capture the war's barbarity.
He is accused of inflicting unimaginable barbarities on his own people.
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Pritam’s Partition writings offer incisive critiques of the barbarity that became life with borders but also contest notions of belonging from a feminist perspective.
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Amid all the barbarity for barbarity’s sake, Jonsson carries the film with a deep well of unspoken regret.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Netanyahu is the excuse for staying silent about Israeli barbarity in Palestine.
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september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The vast majority of us see that as an act of cultural barbarity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Amid all the barbarity for barbarity’s sake, Jonsson carries the film with a deep well of unspoken regret.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Netanyahu is the excuse for staying silent about Israeli barbarity in Palestine.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The vast majority of us see that as an act of cultural barbarity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for barbarity
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“Barbarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbarity. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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