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brunt
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BRUNT
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts <the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders>
Related Words majority; aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole; bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance; center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat; affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport; matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic
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