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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.
Inhumanity; savageness; churlishness; insensibility to pity or shame.