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brutal

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bru⋅tal

  [broot-l]
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–adjective
1. savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
2. crude; coarse: brutal language.
3. harsh; ferocious: brutal criticism; brutal weather.
4. taxing, demanding, or exhausting: They're having a brutal time making ends meet.
5. irrational; unreasoning.
6. of or pertaining to lower animals.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME (< MF) < ML brūtālis. See brute 1 , -al 1

Related forms:
bru⋅tal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. ferocious, brutish, barbarous. See cruel. 2. gross, rude, rough, uncivil. 6. bestial, beastly, animal.

Antonyms:
1. kind. 6. human.
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bru·tal   (brōōt'l)   
adj.  

  1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.

  2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

  3. Harsh; unrelenting: a brutal winter in the Arctic.

  4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating: spoke with brutal honesty.

bru'tal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
brutal

  1. mod.
    excellent; powerful. : Man, what a brutal tune!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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