Barbaric and Butcherly

Barbaric

Barbaric adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: a barbaric dictator who tortured his own people with no qualms

Butcherly and barbaric are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Barbaric".

Butcherly

Butcherly adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran

Barbaric and butcherly are semantically related. You can use "Barbaric" instead an adjective "Butcherly".
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