Related Words for brutal

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vicious
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Adjective, Adjective
barbarous
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Adjective, Adjective
savage
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
cruel
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Noun, Adjective
harsh
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Adjective, Adjective
inhumane
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Adjective, Adjective
rigorous
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Adjective, Adjective
unkind
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Adjective, Adjective
fell
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
hard
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Verb, Adjective
roughshod
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Adjective, Adjective, Adverb
merciless
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Adjective
ruthless
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Adjective
horrific
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Adjective
gruesome
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Adjective
brutality
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Noun
torturous
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Adjective
ferocious
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Adjective
violent
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Adjective
pitiless
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Adjective
murderous
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Adjective
relentless
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Adjective
inhuman
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Adjective
sadistic
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Adjective
unrelenting
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Adjective
barbaric
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Adjective
unforgiving
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Adjective
harrowing
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Noun
horrifying
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Adjective
horrible
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Adjective
painful
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Adjective
grueling
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Adjective
heinous
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Adjective
grisly
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Adjective
horrendous
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Adjective
terrifying
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Adjective
atrocious
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Adjective
terrible
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Adjective
devastating
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Adjective
nasty
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Adjective
deadly
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Adjective
intense
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Adjective
tough
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Adjective
awful
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Adjective
shocking
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dreadful
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Adjective
oppressive
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Adjective
excruciating
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Adjective
fierce
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Adjective
remorseless
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Adjective
bloody
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Adjective
grim
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Adjective
rough
/
Adjective
nightmarish
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Adjective
brutish
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Adjective
uncompromising
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Adjective
hellish
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Adjective
gruelling
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Adjective
appalling
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Adjective
ghastly
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Adjective
aggressive
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Adjective
horrid
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Adjective
fearsome
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Adjective
forceful
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Adjective
bloodthirsty
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Adjective
grotesque
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Adjective
heartless
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Adjective
diabolical
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Adjective
tortuous
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Adjective
frightening
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Adjective
abhorrent
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Adjective
extreme
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Adjective
hideous
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Adjective
savagery
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Noun
tragic
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Adjective
draconian
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Adjective
callous
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Adjective
lethal
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Adjective
sickening
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Adjective
heartbreaking
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Adjective
traumatic
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Adjective
humiliating
x/xxx
Adjective
sanguinary
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Adjective
insane
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Adjective
unbearable
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Adjective
unpleasant
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Adjective
unyielding
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Adjective
chaotic
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Adjective
unpredictable
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Adjective
outrageous
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Adjective
shameful
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Adjective
bizarre
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Adjective
despicable
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Adjective
punishing
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Verb
strenuous
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Adjective
bestial
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Adjective
arduous
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Adjective
gritty
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Noun
unflinching
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Adjective
implacable
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Adjective
abusive
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Adjective
debilitating
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Adjective
tumultuous
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Adjective
dehumanizing
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Adjective
abominable
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Adjective
maddening
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Adjective
disgraceful
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Adjective
tyrannical
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Adjective
unnerving
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Adjective
vengeful
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Adjective
dangerous
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Adjective
monstrous
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Adjective
destructive
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Adjective
epic
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Noun
vindictive
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Adjective
exploitative
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Adjective
disastrous
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Adjective
disgusting
x/x
Adjective
unorthodox
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Adjective
genocidal
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Adjective
exhilarating
x/xxx
Adjective
brute
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Noun
truculent
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Adjective
ruffian
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Noun
robust
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Adjective
severe
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Adjective
wolfish
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Adjective
medieval
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Noun
rugged
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Adjective
impetuous
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Adjective
morbid
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Adjective
stormy
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Adjective
gruff
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Adjective
animalistic
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Adjective
wild
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Adjective
sharp
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Adjective
scathing
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Adjective
virulent
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Adjective
bellicose
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Adjective
shrewd
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Adjective
snell
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Name
warlike
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Adjective
slaying
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Noun
beatings
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Noun
crackdown
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Noun
lynching
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Noun
frankness
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Noun
soldiery
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Noun
flogging
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Noun
repressions
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Noun
killings
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Noun
directness
x/x
Noun
crushing
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Verb
coarseness
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Noun
assassination
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Noun
reprisals
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Noun
inhumanity
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Noun
massacre
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Noun
mistreatment
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Noun
suppression
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Noun
dictatorships
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Noun
abrupt
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
barbarian
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Noun, Adjective
barbarism
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Noun
bitter
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
blatant
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Adjective
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
boorish
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Adjective
careful
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Adjective
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
cruelty
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Noun
dastardly
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Adjective, Adverb
dramatic
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Adjective
drastic
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Adjective, Noun
egregious
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Adjective
feral
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Adjective, Noun
flagrant
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Adjective
forcible
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Adjective
graphic
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Adjective, Noun
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
inexorable
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Adjective
iniquitous
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Adjective
insensitive
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Adjective
insolent
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Adjective, Noun
intransigent
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Adjective, Noun
mindless
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Adjective
naked
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Adjective
obnoxious
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Adjective
odious
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Adjective
precipitous
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Adjective
premeditated
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Adjective
primitive
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Adjective, Noun
random
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Adjective, Noun
rash
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
raw
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
reprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
rude
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Adjective
senseless
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Adjective
serious
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Adjective, Adverb
shameless
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Adjective
sheer
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
stark
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
steep
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
sudden
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
torn
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Adjective
ugly
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
unbridled
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Adjective
uncontrolled
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Adjective
uncultured
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Adjective
unexpected
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Adjective, Noun
unscrupulous
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Adjective
violence
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Noun, Verb
wanton
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb