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Webster 1913 Edition
Brutality
Bru-tal′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Brutalities
. [Cf. F.
brutalité
.] 1.
The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.
2.
An inhuman act.
The . . .
brutalities
exercised in war. Brougham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brutality
BRUTAL'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
brutality
brutality
English
Noun
brutality (plural brutalities)
- The state of being brutal.
- A cruel or savage act.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess:
- ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
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- The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
- police brutality
Translations
a state of being brutal
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