brutal, adj.
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(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage vicious
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"a barbarous crime""brutal beatings"
"cruel tortures"
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
"a savage slap"
"vicious kicks"
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disagreeably direct and precise
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brutal
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
beastly bestial brutal brute brutish
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"beastly desires""a bestial nature"
"brute force"
"a dull and brutish man"
"bestial treatment of prisoners"
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punishingly harsh
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brutal unrelenting