Meanings of great barbarity in English

But the victory was sullied by an act of great barbarity.

The natives of Guatemala, a country of America, were used with great barbarity.

These young men were executed, under circumstances of great barbarity.

All through August and September the Russians made their approaches, while the Tatars resisted them bravely, but often showing great barbarity.

This naturally led to a scene of riot and confusion, in which the Quakers were in many cases handled with great barbarity.

For we have now thoroughly seen what great barbarity these men are capable of who have taken up wicked arms against their country.

Twenty thousand of the inhabitants of Lille, Roubaix-Tourcoing, are being sent under circumstances of great barbarity to work in the fields in small villages.

The attention of the government was early drawn to the proceedings of the Seminole Indians, who had commenced hostilities with circumstances of great barbarity.

The place was taken with circumstances of great barbarity by the Swazies, for when the signal was given to advance the Boers did not move.

The sack of Panama was accompanied by great barbarities.

He treated me with the greatest barbarity.

Great knowledge might be accompanied with great barbarity, by the absence of style or by the chaotic confusion of all styles.

1 We are told by Col. Chapman that Abe's father habitually treated him with great barbarity.