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brutality
noun bru·tal·i·ty \brü-ˈta-lə-tē\
: cruel, harsh, and usually violent treatment of another person
plural bru·tal·i·ties
Full Definition of BRUTALITY
1
: the quality or state of being brutal
2
: a brutal act or course of action
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First Known Use of BRUTALITY
1549
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Rhymes with BRUTALITY
anality, banality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
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brutality
noun bru·tal·i·ty \brü-ˈta-lə-tē\
plural bru·tal·i·ties
Definition of BRUTALITY for Kids
1
: the quality of being cruel and harsh <… she wept and importuned Heaven with a recital of their brutality. — Jack London, The Call of the Wild>
2
: a cruel and harsh act or course of action <the brutalities of prison>
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