as in brutality
the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal
by the end of hostilities the suffering populace had been reduced to a level of bestiality that would have been unthinkable before the war
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Noun
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From Fair Park to Little Mexico and neighborhoods in between, this video series is a closer look at how subjects like police brutality and gentrification have disproportionately affected BIPOC communities in Dallas.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Mitchell did receive criticism from a pair of civil-rights attorneys who represent the plaintiffs in a brutality case that first brought OPD into longstanding federal oversight.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Brooks explained the white and brown pup was rescued from a cruelty case in South Carolina.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The cruelty, after all, is the point.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Bestiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestiality. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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