Meanings of horrible barbarity in English

To shut up a lion or tiger in confinement was surely a horrible barbarity.

An almost incredible amount of suffering and horrible barbarity was thus brought to light.

Slaves who have murdered their masters, were executed with the most horrible barbarity by being impaled.

Thus he became witness to much horrible barbarity.

A multitude of instances are recorded of the horrible barbarity of his punishments, and for the most trivial offences.

My lords, we are called upon as members of this house, as men, as christians, to protest against such horrible barbarity.

In one instance a noble family-inall, thirteen persons, including a new-born infant-wereslaughtered under circumstances of horrible barbarity within the walls of their castle.