brunt
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- noun
- /brʌnt/
- Because most of the preparations are domestic, the brunt of the work falls to mothers.
- bear the brunt
- the brunt of criticism
- the full brunt
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Watch on YouTubeAnd those people are going to feel the full brunt of the increases.
- And those people are going to feel the full brunt of the increases.
- Wayne Rooney, the the spine of the team bore the brunt of that.
- Anyhow, the British bore the brunt of that first wave of attacks.
- And it's mostly indigenous Hawaiians there who are bearing the brunt of the drug war and the kind of war on crime.
- I wish that people doing shitty things felt the brunt of that shit faster.
- And unfortunately, one person has bore the the brunt of that, that negligence.
- And for that, I appreciate that you two took the brunt of the injuries, Shane.
- And because I was the closest thing around him, I might got the brunt of that pain sometimes.
- The tragic wish nows on whom the full brunt of the Ant of the anti-Semitism falls.
- And and yeah, that that's the brunt of this is going to be borne by young people.
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Thousands of families have borne the brunt of this action, with tens of thousands more potentially affected.
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Anyhow, the British bore the brunt of that first wave of attacks.
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The chair took the brunt of it, happened just over there.
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And those people are going to feel the full brunt of the increases.
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I will help you to the best of my ability, but the brunt of the responsibility lies with you.
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And women bear the brunt of the housing policy failures.
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We know you bore the brunt of it.
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The East Coast gets the brunt of the spill.
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The poor people of the poor countries must then bear the brunt of repaying these loans.
Academic text (2001) -
Thousands of families have borne the brunt of this action, with tens of thousands more potentially affected.
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Etymology
Brunt comes from an old French word bront that meant a 'noise' or a 'blow', like a loud, violent hit. So to take the brunt of something is to take the main force or impact.