brutalitybru‧tal‧i‧ty /bruːˈtæləti/ noun (plural brutalities) [countable, uncountable] 
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allegations of police brutalitybrutality of the brutalities of war
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Civil rights activists were appalled by the brutality of the police.
- The killings were an act of mindless brutality.
- About 30 policemen and warders swapped stories during the inaugural meeting about discrimination and brutality in their services.
- By then Saddam's regime was known throughout the world for its brutality and aggression.
- General Leclerc's troops had shown great skill and speed, Gracey said, but much unnecessary brutality.
- He was also concerned that the brutality of political life would hurt me.
- I forgot to add that I noticed your primitive brutality also this morning.
- Milosevic s brutality pushed them to further articulate their goal.
- The sentence was carried out with great brutality, and his head was placed on London Bridge amidst general rejoicing.
Longman Language Activatorviolent behaviour► violence
Collocations fighting, killing, and other violent behaviour: · In some parts of the city, teachers have to deal with violence in the classroom.· complaints about sex and violence on TVviolence against: · The statistics show that male violence against women is widespread.
► aggression angry feelings or behaviour that often results in fighting: · In a prison, drugs sometimes have to be used to control aggression. aggression in: · Some people think that aggression in children may be caused by the food they eat.aggression towards/toward: · Low-ranking male chimpanzees eat with the dominant females, who show no aggresssion towards them.
► brutality deliberately cruel and violent behaviour that shows no pity for the person who is injured or killed: · Civil rights activists were appalled by the brutality of the police.mindless brutality (=used to emphasize that there is no good reason for a violent action): · The killings were an act of mindless brutality.
► savagery extreme and uncontrolled violence in which people are attacked and killed: · Thompson condemned the murder as 'an appalling attack of savagery'.· The book tells of the boys' rapid descent into savagery, and the use of torture and terror.
► ferocity extreme violence in fighting or in attacking someone: · Further attacks escalated rapidly in extent and ferocity.the ferocity of something: · The knife had snapped in two from the ferocity of the attack.· The ferocity of the piranha fish has made it famous.
► force violent action, used in order to make someone do something: · We want to end the demonstration without force.use force: · The police do not use force when arresting people unless it's absolutely necessary.by force (=using force): · Her husband tried to get the children back by force.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► police brutality/harassment
cruel and violent behaviour, or an event involving cruel and violent treatment: (=when the police hit or threaten people)· He claims to have witnessed many instances of police brutality.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► police· The racism, the police brutality and the looting have got to stop.· President Johnson concerned himself not with police brutality or other grievances of the rioters but the political considerations.· He said that he had been charged with 10 counts of breaking police regulations by talking to reporters about police brutality.· Of 52 prosecutions for police brutality, 46 ended in acquittals.· Foreign Minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya resigns in protest at police brutality during pro-democracy demonstrations.· In addition, the pamphlet discouraged police brutality and described how to obtain federal troops quickly.· As he spoke, details continued to pour in of demonstrations and police brutality matched only by the harshly-suppressed 1953 uprising.· That case sparked a nationwide outcry about racial profiling and police brutality.
allegations of police brutalitybrutality of the brutalities of war