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 bar·bar·i·ty /bɑrˈbærəti/
 殘暴的行為,殘忍,粗鄙

 Bar·bar·i·ty n.; pl. Barbarities
 1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
 2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
    Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem.   --Macaulay.
 3. A barbarous or cruel act.
 4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.]
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 barbarity
      n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity,
            atrociousness, barbarousness, heinousness]
      2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarism,
          savagery]