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brutal
Universal Words
adjective
1 violent and cruel:
a brutal attack / murder / rape / killing * a brutal and repressive regime
2 direct and clear about sth unpleasant; not thinking of people's feelings:
With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.
brutality noun [U,C] (plural brutalities):
police brutality * the brutalities of war
brutally adverb:
He was brutally assaulted. * Let me be brutally frank about this.
