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brute

[broot]

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noun

a nonhuman creature; beast.

a brutal, insensitive, or crude person.

the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us.

adjective

animal; not human.

not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational.

characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality.

savage; cruel: brute force.

carnal; sensual.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin brūtus heavy, devoid of feeling, irrational

Related forms

brute·like, adjective

brute·ly, adverb

brute·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. See animal.

Example Sentences

Guards reputedly sent inmates to intimidate, threaten and silence uncooperative prisoners with brute force.

In her lifelong study of the human species, she has discovered that even in academe, someone who appears to be a brute is a brute.

The rest will require the brute force methods of blind screening that have been used for decades.

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Guards reputedly sent inmates to intimidate, threaten and silence uncooperative prisoners with brute force.

In her lifelong study of the human species, she has discovered that even in academe, someone who appears to be a brute is a brute.

The rest will require the brute force methods of blind screening that have been used for decades.

The pastor while beating the woman with brute force screams into the woman's ear to scare the demon even more.

All the water people will ever need can be extracted and purified with the brute force of technology today.

From behind her, a beefy brute with a scar on his cheek clamps a meaty hand over her mouth.

Yet employing economics where brute military force has failed could still be a step in the right direction.

The urgent task is to disarm this brute so as to protect the weak and the innocent.

Skilful play is being stifled by illegal interference and brute aggression.

The pair had to use a pry bar and brute force to free one of the arms from the transport bed where it was latched down for launch.

Soemtimes a benevolent dictator who is willing to use brute force is the best option.

Something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers.

As today's books on global warming show, there is more to a story than brute facts.

As the value of brute force falls opportunities in the labour market for women grow.

Nature, the brute fact of existence the ultimate ontology, prevails.

It basically prevailed through brute force, examining millions of possible moves to find the best ones.

Brute strength or the possession of muscles, people are still threatened by that.

But a referendum, however resounding its verdict, cannot overturn the brute facts of demography and geography.

Such research may help software developers who are progressing from brute force search to something more sophisticated.

Climbing requires more concentration, creativity and balance than brute strength.

The presenter has also been accused of deflecting criticism with brute force.

Brute strength makes up for a lack of finesse, if you don't care about sliding into anything.

If west loses its philosophical power then it will left with only brute force power only.

The brute facts, of course, remain the same: one man must die in order for five men to live.

Brute force methods using ferocious magnetic fields and colossal temperatures may be not so essential after all.

Such are the brute facts of biology, which can only evolve because some living things are better at reproducing than others.

Until recently, companies used a brute force approach.

Something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villag.

He's now working on a monster that will combine brute force and cuddly qualities for a film to be shot in the spring.

Strong man holds two motorcycles with brute strength.

Humans retain an edge over computers when complex problems require intuition and leaps of insight rather than brute calculation.

Such are the brute facts of biology, which can only evolve because some living things are better at.

For here again is a tawdry, mediocre carnival tale about a fickle-minded high-diver who lets an unscrupulous brute ruin her life.

Physicists have realised that, if brute force is not going to work, they will have to be clever.

The only limiting factor is not how much brute force is.

In the occupied territories, the transition from voluntary recruitment to coercion to brute force was swifter.

Their method depended on the brute power of modern computing.

Shermer throws a bone to the purveyors of brute force with his sentence:.

And he gained access to his victim not through brute force but through patience, play and.

It's taken a few months for that brute fact to sink in, and it's given some impetus to my planning.

As economies become richer they can rely less and less on the brute force of additional machine power to drive their prosperity.

And she would have liked to see more endings that snuffed out alien bad guys using science rather than brute force.

The key to success is social skill in forming alliances rather than brute force.

Some college administrators will undoubtedly bristle at the notion of using such brute force to keep piracy in check.

No tyrant lasts for ever, and the statement that any brute can be defied can't be disproved.

He may yet preserve his tottering regime by brute force alone.

Men still have an advantage in brute strength, for example.

Brute force will always work and will give you the correct answer.

These devices rely on brute force, without regard to operations taking place on neighboring bands.

Even if a brute force solution allowed some leakage, the relief wells could still be drilled.

Ambition did not counteract ambition: only brute force ruled.

Bush's fans are less concerned with his failures than they are impressed by his attempt to humanize the brute force of computing.

Iranian brute squads maim, torture, disappear and murder opposition.

The brute force of those arresting wires wears down fighters and could break lightweight drones.

Lastly, it may improve protection against brute force attacks.

On paper, the digitized army's combination of brute force and high tech appeared formidable.

Most industry is built on brute force: you start a process by increasing pressure or temperature.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), brut·ed, brut·ing.

to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.

Origin:
back formation from bruting a rough hewing (of a diamond), partial translation of French brutage literally, a roughing, equivalent to brut rough, raw (see brute¹) + -age -age

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Collins

World English Dictionary

brute (bruːt)

—n
1.	a. any animal except man; beast; lower animal
	b. (as modifier): brute nature
2.	a brutal person

—*adj*
3.	wholly instinctive or physical (esp in the phrases brute strength, brute force)
4.	without reason or intelligence
5.	coarse and grossly sensual

[C15: from Latin brūtus heavy, irrational; related to gravis heavy]

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Word Origin & History

brute

early 15c., "of or belonging to animals," from M.Fr. brut "coarse, brutal, raw, crude," from L. brutus "heavy, dull, stupid," an Oscan word, from PIE base *gwer- "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Before reaching English the meaning expanded to "of the lower animals." Used of human

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beings from 1530s. The noun is from 1610s.

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