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as in brutal
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
brute attacks on innocent civilians
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as in feral
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
a man of brute instinct, he deals with conflict the only way he knows how—by physical force
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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
leave him alone, you brute!
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Recent Examples of brute
Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Its calling card is Arthur Grigoryan’s basturma brisket sandwich, a brute, big enough for two, that gained a following in previous years when Yerord Mas (then spelled III Mas) was in pop-up phase.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
The psychology that Bryk wrote for these young men is the key as to why these brutes are more lovable than unbearable.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The cracks are widening in the cult of Homelander, and brute force isn’t solving the problem.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Its calling card is Arthur Grigoryan’s basturma brisket sandwich, a brute, big enough for two, that gained a following in previous years when Yerord Mas (then spelled III Mas) was in pop-up phase.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Noun
In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
The psychology that Bryk wrote for these young men is the key as to why these brutes are more lovable than unbearable.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brute
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The traditional studio model already faces immense pressure from fragmented audiences, rising production costs, declining television economics and an increasingly brutal streaming market.—
Joseph M. Singer,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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About 150 cops were hospitalized after brutal beatings by those criminal rioters.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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One of them is home to Sylvie (Isabelle Huppert), a prickly author who is supposed to be getting ready to move out but has instead descended into such a semi-feral state while working on her latest novel that her niece, Laurence (India Hair), hires someone to help her out.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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The old mining town of Oatman, known for its feral donkeys, is on the way.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Every sort of animal and flower was represented.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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And the answer is the animal reservoir hosts.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Similarly, Sage’s (Susan Heyward) reverse heel turn and Ashley’s (Colby Minifie) life-saving assistance in the West Wing are apparently good enough deeds to spare these savory villains a more commensurate sentence.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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John Boyega's ex-Stormtrooper Finn and Han are brothers from another mother, Oscar Isaac's pilot Poe is as cool and refreshing as a tall glass of blue milk, and Adam Driver's Kylo does his best Vader impression as a maniacal villain with some serious emotional issues.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Take George Mullins — 18 years old at the battle of Carentan, one of the most savage engagements of the war, where his company lost 43 of its 45 men in three days of fighting.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The perpetrators of these crimes are savage animals without a shred of humanity.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Neanderthals — our closest extinct human relatives — were cognitively and psychologically more similar to modern humans than previously thought, rather than the simple-minded, brutish cavemen of earlier stereotypes.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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As young girls begin to go missing, Iris falls in with a shadowy, brutish painter Louis (George Webster) who promises her an education in the arts.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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Your creature data is there, inside, powering you through time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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In the 8-episode sci-fi adventure series premiering May 21, residents of a retirement community in New Mexico join forces after its newest occupant, widow Sam Cooper (Alfred Molina), spies a monstrous creature.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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The minotaur was a monster, half man and half bull, that was imprisoned in a dark underground labyrinth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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This little green creature then tries to help the Minions find more monsters to flesh out their film, a plan that unsurprisingly goes awry.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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“Brute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brute. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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