Brutality

  • 1Brutality — or Brutal may refer to: * Brutal death metal, a music genre * Brutality (band), an American death metal band * Brutality (Mortal Kombat), a finishing move in the video game Mortal Kombat * Brutalism, an architectural style * , a video game *… …

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  • 2Brutality — Bru*tal i*ty, n.; pl. {Brutalities}. [Cf. F. brutalit[ e].] 1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness. [1913 Webster] 2. An inhuman act. [1913 Webster] The . . . brutalities exercised in war. Brougham. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Brutality — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Death Metal Gründung 1986 Aktuelle Besetzung …

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  • 4brutality — I noun act of inhumanity, barbarity, bestiality, brutalness, brutilization, brutishness, cruelness, cruelty, grossness, hardness, hardness of heart, harshness, heart of stone, heartlessness, immanitas, inhumanity, lack of feeling, mercilessness,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 5brutality — 1630s, savage cruelty, inhuman behavior, from BRUTAL (Cf. brutal) + ITY (Cf. ity). Literal sense condition or state of a brute is from 1711 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6brutality — [n] cruel treatment atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, choke hold*, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, grossness, inhumanity, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, third degree*, unfeelingness, viciousness; concepts… …

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  • 7brutality — [bro͞o tal′ə tē] n. 1. the condition or quality of being brutal 2. pl. brutalities a brutal or savage act, treatment, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 8brutality — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme, great, sheer ▪ police ▪ There have been many complaints of police brutality. … OF BRUTALITY ▪ act …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 9brutality — n. 1) to demonstrate, display, exhibit brutality 2) extreme brutality 3) police brutality 4) an act of brutality 5) brutality to, towards, with * * * [bruː tælɪtɪ] display exhibit brutality towards with an act of brutality …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10brutality — [[t]bruːtæ̱lɪti[/t]] brutalities N VAR Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. Her experience of men was of domination and brutality. ...police brutality.… …

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