brutality
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5.6
- noun
- /bruːˈtælɪti/
- Offensive
- Reports of police brutality have sparked protests across the nation.
- police brutality
- condemn brutality
- brutality and violence
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Watch on YouTubeThere was no more compassion left, just brutality and evil.
- There was no more compassion left, just brutality and evil.
- And this woman has to flee her husband's brutality and alcoholism.
- That is like pure brutality to me.
- And what we have now seen for a month has been extraordinary brutality and violence.
- And it's like, look, everybody agrees that police brutality is wrong.
- And then, of course, people are protesting police brutality, and the police respond with police brutality.
- And maybe we wouldn't still, three months after George Floyd, be watching more police brutality videos and wondering when it's going to change.
- And you know, many times I've seen young people's spirit broken by the brutality of this business.
- He's a man of power, decisiveness, strategy, and not a little cruelty and brutality.
- Like obviously we see majoritively police brutality on black people.
- Its ugly record of brutality is widely known.
- I went through five years of on a daily basis brutality setups winding me up.
- So if they want to reduce the chance of police brutality, maybe just give the cops the string.
- And through a pattern of of brutality and terror, these children are taught to obey.
- We reward brutality, but maybe more than that, we reward winners.
Examples
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I wanted to talk about the brutality of the slave plantation system.
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No one would ever have guessed the brutality he was capable of.
Fiction book (2001) -
Maybe they just let him go to avoid another police brutality charge.
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So if they want to reduce the chance of police brutality, maybe just give the cops the string.
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There was no more compassion left, just brutality and evil.
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Its ugly record of brutality is widely known.
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Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond justice.
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What kind of a man enacts such brutality on a woman?
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The December 4th demonstration ended in displays of police brutality, and three students were seriously injured.
Academic text (1990) -
The sheer brutality of what they found was almost unimaginable.
Synonyms
861
3.2
Harmful treatment of people or animals that happens again and again
137
8.1
A very cruel or violent act that shocks people, often against innocent people
128
3.2
Actions that hurt people or animals on purpose
109
7.2
Very strong mental or physical pain that is hard to bear
68
8.2
A mass killing of people, often during war or attacks
28
7.4
Extreme cruelty or violence that hurts people
14
8.0
A very cruel act that hurts or kills many people
12
6.6
Very cruel actions that show no care for other people
9
6.3
Being very cruel and violent toward other people or animals
9
7.3
To show no pity or kindness to reach a goal
6
8.3
Violent actions that hurt or scare people
6
3.5
A strong feeling or force, for example during a storm
6
4.3
A very strong natural force that causes damage, like a storm or eruption
6
4.2
Very serious physical harm that is bloody and shocking
6
8.3
An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose
6
8.4
Very cruel and violent behavior that hurts people
5
8.1
The very violent killing of many people
1
7.0
Mean words or actions that hurt other people
1
4.5
Wanting to hurt or make others suffer
1
7.0
Very violent and cruel actions that frighten people
1
8.7
Cruel or very mean behavior towards other people
1
8.8
Very cruel actions that shock people
1
9.8
Very cruel treatment that ignores people's feelings and rights
1
9.5
A very cruel way of behaving that shows no kindness
Antonyms
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brutality comes from brute, which in turn comes from the old Latin brutus meaning 'heavy' or 'dull'. So think of a 'brute' as animal-like and rough, and brutality is the very cruel, violent behavior that comes from being like that.