单词	brutality
释义	brutality noun bru·​tal·​i·​ty brü-ˈta-lə-tē  plural brutalities 1 : the quality or state of being brutal 2 : a brutal act or course of action Synonyms atrociousness atrocity barbarity barbarousness cruelness cruelty fiendishness heartlessness inhumanity inhumanness sadism savageness savagery truculence viciousness wantonness See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the brutalities of a prison the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests Recent Examples on the Web As spring turned into summer, the Russians had, through sheer brutality and force, largely accomplished these tasks. The Editors, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022 Accounts of the campaign’s brutality, including the detention of Uyghurs and others in re-education camps, first emerged from ethnic Kazakhs who had escaped the dragnet. Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 Still, the vicious brutality encountered by officers who fought back makes the passivity of some of their peers all the more confounding. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 In March 1995, the panel featured Daryl Gates, the former chief of police in Los Angeles who resigned after the 1992 uprisings in Los Angeles brought intense focus on the LAPD's history of racist brutality. Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022 Teaching black students that their ancestors’ only role in American history was as targets of white brutality is both dangerous and disabling. Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Unlike in the Vietnam era, during which Black men were disproportionately sent to the front lines, today’s racial justice movement has been spurred by police brutality and economic, social and other inequalities, not the war in Afghanistan. Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022 Episode 3 of House of the Dragon is largely about brutality, and the manner in which various members of House Targaryen wield it. Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 4 Sep. 2022 Her son, Kim Aris, auctioned off a piece of art that sold for more than $1 million — money that will go toward helping victims of the military’s brutality. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition brutality noun bru·​tal·​i·​ty brü-ˈta-lə-tē  plural brutalities 1 : the quality of being cruel and harsh … she wept and importuned Heaven with a recital of their brutality. Jack London, The Call of the Wild 2 : a cruel and harsh act or course of action the brutalities of prison brutality noun 1 as in cruelty disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cruelty savagery barbarity atrocity inhumanity sadism savageness murderousness heartlessness cruelness viciousness fiendishness ruthlessness barbarousness mercilessness inhumanness truculence oppressiveness ferocity meanness wantonness ferociousness grimness pitilessness atrociousness bloodthirstiness fierceness malevolence spitefulness bloodlust hatefulness maliciousness hard-heartedness sanguinity harshness unfeelingness malignity nastiness fellness despitefulness sanguineness heavy-handedness hardhandedness cattiness Antonyms & Near Antonyms compassion humanity sympathy humaneness kindness tenderness tenderheartedness warmth kindheartedness benignity good-heartedness warmness leniency mercy charitableness pity mercifulness warmheartedness clemency See More 2 as in brutishness the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal the disconcerting ease with which the people adopted the brutality of the enemy invaders Synonyms & Similar Words cruelty brutishness animalism bestiality beastliness animality barbarity savagery sensuality physicality sadism carnality rudeness swinishness boorishness viciousness crudeness coarseness loutishness grossness wantonness Antonyms & Near Antonyms spirituality intellectuality nobility magnanimity compassion kindness benevolence tenderheartedness beneficence high-mindedness kindheartedness benignity kindliness good-heartedness greatheartedness See More
随便看	stratuses straucht strauchted strauchting strauchts straught Straus Strauss straussian stravage stravaged stravages stravaging stravaig stravaiged stravaiging stravaigs stravinskian stravinskies Stravinsky stravinskyan stravinskyes stravinskys straw straw bail

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。