Brute - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bruːt|  American pronunciation of the word brute
Brit.  |bruːt|  British pronunciation of the word brute

noun

- a cruelly rapacious person (syn: beast, savage, wildcat, wolf)
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (syn: animal, beast, creature, fauna)

adjective

- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility (syn: beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish)
brute force

Extra examples

They used brute force to open the door.

Let go of me, you brute!

...it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes...

The brute fact is that the situation will not improve.

He used brute force to open the door.

...a coarse brute of a man who was prone to currish acts of violence against women...

Her brute of a husband was always on the drink and gamble.

Discussion can be more effective than the use of brute force.

They kicked the door down using sheer brute force.

You're a nasty little brute!

Unfeeling brute!

Word forms

noun
singular: brute
plural: brutes
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