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barbarity

noun

NAmE//bɑrˈbærət̮i//

, NAmE//bɑrˈbɛrət̮i//

(pl. barbarities) [uncountable, countable]

behavior that deliberately causes extreme pain or suffering to others The barbarity of the old regime was eventually exposed.

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