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1
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
- the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests
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2
the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal
- the disconcerting ease with which the people adopted the brutality of the enemy invaders
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The first known use of brutality was in 1550
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