brute

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adjective

ˈbrüt

Synonyms of brute next

: of or relating to beasts

the ways of the brute world

: inanimate sense 1a

a brute object

: characteristic of an animal in quality, action, or instinct: such as

: cruel, savage

brute violence

: not working by reason

brute instinct

: purely physical

brute strength

brute force

: unrelievedly harsh

brute facts

brute necessity

brute

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noun

: beast

: one who lacks intelligence, sensitivity, or compassion : a brutal person

Examples of brute in a Sentence

Adjective They used brute force to open the door. the brute fact of getting old Noun Let go of me, you brute! it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Item 1: Flash mobs invade luxury L.A. retailers with brute force, overwhelming numbers https://t.co/0I9mALopoj — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 16, 2023 Item 2: Item 3: My general comment: The concept of ordered liberty is very important. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023 One of those evenings, Cecilia encounters the transporting melody of the cows that belong to Magdalena’s brute husband. —

Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023 But this year, McMillian promises to display more than just brute strength. —

Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023 The Minotaur, with a pole lodged between his shoulders, is brute strength, more prop than character. —

Christopher Benfey, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023 Successful executives, some of his defenders say, often govern with brute force. —

Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 Hammons executed a one-man street action by relieving himself in public against a prominent brute sculpture of mammoth steel walls by Richard Serra. —

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023 Logan was an irresistible brute, able to pack a Shakespeare soliloquy’s worth of emotion into a two-word curse. —

James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 May 2023 And despite its brute force, their music is often gorgeous, tender in its narcotic melodies and moving in its nuanced depiction of the world. —

Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023

Noun

This, plus Cloud’s regular-guy body language and voice, transformed Fez from a writer’s construct into a working-class antihero, at once life-size and iconic, like an early Marlon Brando character or the vulnerable brutes Ben Foster plays in modern crime thrillers. —

Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023 The man on Connor’s TV isn’t the brute of myth who damned his children to keep pushing the same rock up the same hill, day after day, year after year. —

Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023 Though the case was a slam dunk, a corrupt judge had let the brutes off with no jail time. —

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023 Lest they be portrayed as mere brutes, the Terps went 4-0 in the Big Ten Tournament while scoring a total of 13 runs. —

Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023 This brute’s suit may be a little sportier, but design chief Marek Reichman has wisely resisted the urge to bolt on a giant rear wing à la V-12 Vantage. —

Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 May 2023 And despite the fact that some of these first fossils were buried beside stashes of stone tools, the Neanderthals were swiftly branded as a species of brutes. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023 Despite her diffidence about feminist smugness, there’s no shortage of reflexive feminist mockery of men, though also a wonderful passage about the special female thrill in locating the tender heart of the brute. —

Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023 Scientist Bruce Banner transforms into a powerful brute after his experiment goes awry. —

Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021 See More

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