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as in brutal
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
brute attacks on innocent civilians
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as in feral
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
a man of brute instinct, he deals with conflict the only way he knows how—by physical force
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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
leave him alone, you brute!
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Recent Examples of brute
Avery Pennarun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
But college football has changed to a game of speed and skill rather than a game of brute force.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Nov. 2024
When searching for reprieve, there’s sanctuary in a movie musical that looks like a Broadway smash, a Colosseum full of vintage brutes, a Harry Styles simile.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Add to this the rise of cloud computing, where vast compute power is available on-demand, and the sheer brute force of modern GPUs and CPUs.
—Avery Pennarun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
But college football has changed to a game of speed and skill rather than a game of brute force.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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Others claim that the brute was named either for a popular near beer or for a Sunday comic strip about monkeys.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Nov. 2024
When searching for reprieve, there’s sanctuary in a movie musical that looks like a Broadway smash, a Colosseum full of vintage brutes, a Harry Styles simile.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brute
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After decades of conflict with Beijing over discrimination and suppression of their cultural identity, the Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs that some Western governments deem a genocide.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The elites got out of positions quickly, while retail investors were left twiddling their thumbs and absorbing brutal losses.Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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That feral state certainly translates to the screen.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Pigs are known to attack humans, but fatalities tend to be caused by feral animals, such as wild boars, rather than domestic livestock.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Dogs are incredibly intuitive animals that can sense feelings and pick up on what is happening around them.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Last year, the shelter found homes for more than 6,100 animals.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Also tossed in are picturesque but gratuitous use of famous tourist landmarks as background, near-superheroic training montages, credible intimate character dynamics, a ruthless villain (Johan Heldenbergh as Vanaken) and action that in the home stretch goes absurdly over-the-top.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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And though Young and (especially) the perpetrators of the massacre are clearly the villains of the piece, their past history at least partly explains their choices.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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Collier is a brutish guard who has had some Earl Campbell-esque bully-ball drives to the cup and can move his feet on defense.John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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The Baron announced his intentions to take over the new world, and when one woman tried to ask him a question, Laszlo’s brutish monster smashed her skull to bloody bits.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet.Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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These aquatic, semiaquatic or terrestrial creatures are easily recognized thanks to their bony, cartilaginous shells and slow-pace movements.Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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This year there’s a new monster in the form of Atakhan, who does look quite cool, some changes to the early game objectives and some new boot upgrades, but that’s pretty much it.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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The major averages fizzled at the finish line last year, following a monster performance.Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Brute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brute. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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