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(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"
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wild and menacing;
"a pack of feral dogs"
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without civilizing influences;
"barbarian invaders"
"barbaric practices"
"a savage people"
"fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"
"wild tribes"
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marked by extreme and violent energy;
"a ferocious beating"
"fierce fighting"
"a furious battle"