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Meaning of word brutal from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

Example : A barbarous crime.
Brutal beatings.
Cruel tortures.
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
A savage slap.
Vicious kicks.

Synonyms : barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

Meaning : Punishingly harsh.

Example : The brutal summer sun.
A brutal winter.

Synonyms : unrelenting

Meaning : Resembling a beast. Showing lack of human sensibility.

Example : Beastly desires.
A bestial nature.
Brute force.
A dull and brutish man.
Bestial treatment of prisoners.

Synonyms : beastly, bestial, brute, brutish

Meaning : Disagreeably direct and precise.

Example : He spoke with brutal honesty.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.