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Word entry · 9 letters

barbarism

Best crossword clue

"Act of brutal savagery"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/Part of speech nounSorted aabbimrrsStarts with BEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a brutal barbarous savage act

Used in a sentence

  • These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
  • Like dancing, it is a remnant of ancient barbarism—fit for the days of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians, when people were only amused through their eyes—the sole entertainment of which savage nations are susceptible.
  • War is at best barbarism... Its glory is all moonshine.

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