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barbarous in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage vicious
- primitive in customs and culture
barbarous
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