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barbarous
adjective
primitive in customs and culture
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ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs
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adjective
primitive in customs and culture
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
“a barbarous crime”
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a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
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