BRUTALITY

brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery

(noun) a brutal barbarous savage act

ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery

(noun) the trait of extreme cruelty

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

brutality (plural brutalities)

The state of being brutal.

A cruel or savage act.

The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.

Source: Wiktionary


Bru*tal"i*ty, n.; pl. Brutalities. Etym: [Cf. F. brutalité.]

1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.

2. An inhuman act. The . . . brutalities exercised in war. Brougham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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