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bru·tal·i·ty
(bro͞o-tăl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. bru·tal·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being ruthless, cruel, harsh, or unrelenting.
2. A ruthless, cruel, harsh, or unrelenting act.
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bru•tal•i•ty
(bruˈtæl ɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. the quality of being brutal; cruelty; savagery.
2. a brutal act or practice.
[1540–50]
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Noun | 1. | brutality - the trait of extreme cruelty |
2. | brutality - a brutal barbarous savage act atrocity, inhumanity - an act of atrocious cruelty |
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brutality
noun cruelty, atrocity, ferocity, savagery, ruthlessness, barbarism, inhumanity, barbarity, viciousness, brutishness, bloodthirstiness, savageness Her experience of men was of domination and brutality.
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brutality
nounA cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior:
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Translations
وَحْشِيَّه، قَسْوَه شَديدَه
brutalitasurovost
brutalitetråhed
grimmd; grimmdarverk
brutalita
vahşîlikzalimlik
brutality
[bruːˈtælɪtɪ] N [of person] → brutalidad f; [of murder] → salvajismo m, crueldad fsee also police B
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
brutality
n → Brutalität f
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brute
(bruːt) noun1. an animal other than man. My dog died yesterday, the poor brute; (also adjective) brute force.
2. a cruel person.
ˈbrutal adjective very cruel or severe. a brutal beating.
bruˈtality (-ˈtӕ-) nounˈbrutish adjective
of, or like, a brute. brutish manners.
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