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Definitions for: Brutal [adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
[adj] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
[adj] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bru"tal, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. ``Above
the rest of brutal kind.'' --Milton.
2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling;
merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. ``Brutal
intemperance.'' --Macaulay.
Synonyms: barbarous, cruel, fell, hard, harsh, inhumane, rigorous, roughshod, savage, unkind, vicious
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