brunt /brunt/

1. The force of a blow
2. The chief stress or crisis of anything
3. The shock of an onset or contest

To bear the brunt of

• boarding party
• boarding pass
• boarding passes
• boarding-pike
• boarding-pikes
• boardings
• boarding school
• boarding schools
• board-measure
• board meeting
• board meetings
• board of directors
• Board of Trade
• Board of Trade unit
• board out
• boardroom
• boardrooms
• boards
• boardsailing
• boardsailings
• boardsailor
• boardsailors
• board-school
• board-schools
• board shorts