barbarity

/bɑrˈbɛrəti/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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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