单词 | brute force |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for brute forcebrute forceSEE SYNONYMS FOR brute force ON THESAURUS.COM Also, brute strength. Savage violence, unreasoning strength, as in We hope that reason will triumph over brute force. Although this expression is also used literally to mean exceptional physical power, the figurative sense reflects the origin for brute, which comes from Latin brutus, for “heavy, stupid, unreasoning.” [First half of 1700s] Words nearby brute forcebrutal, brutalism, brutality, brutalize, brute, brute force, brute-force attack, brutify, brutish, Brutus, Brutus is an honorable man The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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