brutalitynoun [ U or C ]
uk/bruːˈtæl.ə.ti/us/bruːˈtæl.ə.t̬i/behaviour that is very cruel or violent and showing no feelings for others, or an act of this type:
the brutalities of war
Seeing so much brutality towards prisoners had not hardened them to it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious
- atrocity
- confrontation
- desperate
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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