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brutal

[broot-l]

adjective

  1. savage; cruel; inhuman.

    a brutal attack on the village.

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  2. crude; coarse.

    brutal language.

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  3. harsh; ferocious.

    brutal criticism; brutal weather.

  4. taxing, demanding, or exhausting.

    They're having a brutal time making ends meet.

  5. irrational; unreasoning.

  6. of or relating to lower animals.

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brutal

/ ˈːə /

adjective

  1. cruel; vicious; savage

  2. extremely honest or coarse in speech or manner

  3. harsh; severe; extreme

    brutal cold

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • brutally adverb
  • hyperbrutal adjective
  • hyperbrutally adverb
  • nonbrutal adjective
  • nonbrutally adverb
  • overbrutal adjective
  • overbrutally adverb
  • ˈܳٲ adverb
  • ˈٲٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brutal1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin ū; equivalent to brute 1 + -al 1
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Synonym Study

See cruel.
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But the facts about brutal expansionism in the West Bank and mass death in Gaza speak for themselves.

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Israelis have a brutal phrase for this strategy; they call it "mowing the grass".

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And, if not for a brutal end to his first round, dropping five shots in his final four holes, he would have serious command of this tournament.

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Dombos, 44, described the curfew as a political stunt and called on the mayor’s office to investigate the “brutal tactics” by Los Angeles police officers.

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In his statement following the Israel attack, he warned Tehran that if it didn’t come back to the table and cut a deal, the next Israeli attack would be “even more brutal.”

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