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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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