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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brutal/ˈbruːtl/
▶adjective
- 1 savagely violent.
- 2 without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness: brutal honesty.
- 3 N. Amer. informal very bad.
– derivatives
brutality /-ˈtalɪti/ noun,
brutally adverb.
brutality /-ˈtalɪti/ noun,
brutally adverb.
– origin C15 (in the sense ‘relating to the lower animals’): from OFr., or from med. L. brutalis, from brutus (see brute).
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