barbarity
/bɑrˈbɛrəti/
noun
- Extremely cruel or violent behavior; an act of great cruelty.
- The barbarity of the attack left the community in shock.
- History is filled with examples of human barbarity during wartime.
- The court condemned the barbarity of the crime and gave a harsh sentence.
- A cruel or brutal act.
- The invaders committed unspeakable barbarities against the villagers.
- She wrote a book about the barbarities suffered by prisoners of war.
- The museum exhibit documented the barbarities of the colonial era.
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