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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brutal \Bru"tal\, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See {Brute}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as brutal nature. ``Above the rest of brutal kind.'' --Milton. 2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as brutal manners. ``Brutal intemperance.'' --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brutal adj 1: (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war" [syn: {cruel}] 2: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: {barbarous}, {cruel}, {fell}, {roughshod}, {savage}, {vicious}] 3: (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: {cruel}, {harsh}, {rigorous}, {unkind}]
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