Brutality
the quality of being brutal; cruelty; savagery.
a brutal act or practice.
Contemporary Examples
A New Start To U.S. Policy In Syria Can Save Lives Tom Perriello February 16, 2014
John Brennan’s Tortured Defense of the CIA’s Torture Program Shane Harris December 10, 2014
Nicole Kidman Botox Insanity: Why All Women Lose Out When We Obsess Over Stars’ Faces Emma Woolf May 24, 2014
American Dreams: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather Nathaniel Rich February 26, 2013
Will These Men Ever Come Home? The Search for Missing WWII Pilots in “Vanished” Jordan Michael Smith November 13, 2013
Historical Examples
Aaron’s Rod D. H. Lawrence
Theresa Marchmont Mrs Charles Gore
Sunk at Sea R.M. Ballantyne
The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) Various
Rudyard Kipling John Palmer
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to make brutal. to treat (someone) with brutality. Historical Examples Woman and Socialism August Bebel Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 Plotinos (Plotinus) Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 Plotinos (Plotinus) The Philippines A Century Hence Jose Rizal Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. Various verb to make or become brutal (transitive) to treat brutally
- Brutally
savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village. crude; coarse: brutal language. harsh; ferocious: brutal criticism; brutal weather. taxing, demanding, or exhausting: They’re having a brutal time making ends meet. irrational; unreasoning. of or relating to lower animals. Contemporary Examples How Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig Pulled Off Their Most Dramatic Roles Yet Kevin […]
- Brute
a nonhuman creature; beast. a brutal, insensitive, or crude person. the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us. animal; not human. not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational. characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality. savage; cruel: brute force. carnal; sensual. to shape (a […]
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brute force and ignorance
- Brute-force-attack
brute force attack cryptography A method of breaking a cipher (that is, to decrypt a specific encrypted text) by trying every possible key. The quicker the brute force attack, the weaker the cipher. Feasibility of brute force attack depends on the key length of the cipher, and on the amount of computational power available to […]