barbaric act
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbarbaricandact
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barbaric
adjective
uk/bɑːˈbær.ɪk/us/bɑːrˈber.ɪk/
extremely cruel ...
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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It is difficult to accept such abarbaricactcould be carried out for the mere fact of having had a baby after a divorce.
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We were all assembled to witness thisbarbaricact, but no one showed any emotion.
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It was abarbaricact, and action must be taken.
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Faced with this type ofbarbaricact, even greater barbarism is hard to imagine.
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It is long overdue for a so-called civilised country to abolish such abarbaricact.
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It was abarbaricact, but people did not die.
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The taking of a life, even when it is sanctioned by the state, is abarbaricact.
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I hope that people can see that we are making every effort possible to ensure that the people who carried out thatbarbaricactare brought to justice.
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Thebarbaricacthad the desired effect on the clergy.
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The library's collections were rebuilt with donations from all around the world, outraged by thebarbaricactwhich it had suffered.
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It can lead to a society which justifies barbaric acts in the name of that society.
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I call on those with influence over paramilitary groups to call a complete and immediate cessation to those barbaric acts.
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I have expressed our condemnation of these unspeakably barbaric acts.
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It is about freeing people who have been involved in all sorts of barbaric acts.
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We continue to call on those with influence over the paramilitary groups to demand a complete cessation of these barbaric acts.
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I believe that we need a tide of public opinion to condemn those barbaric acts.
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Its members have committed some of the most barbaric acts that have ever been committed against humanity.
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We have consistently called upon those with influence over the paramilitary groups to call a complete cessation to these barbaric acts.
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Those barbaric acts are obviously designed specifically to cause suspicion and dissension among the work force.
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It is in our name that these barbaric acts are carried out, and in our name that these terrible deeds are done.
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