Definition of brute - WordReference.com Dictionary

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brute
A	noun
	1	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
			a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
	2	beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
			a cruelly rapacious person
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚bad person ╚wrongdoer; offender ╚attacker; aggressor; assailant; assaulter ╚beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
B	adjective
	1	beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish
			resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

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