brutality
pronunciation
How to pronounce brutality in British English:
UK [bru:'tælətɪ]
How to pronounce brutality in American English:
US [bruˈtælɪti]
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- Noun:
- the trait of extreme cruelty
- a brutal barbarous savage act
Word Origin
- brutality (n.)
- 1630s, "savage cruelty, inhuman behavior," from brutal + -ity. Literal sense "condition or state of a brute" is from 1711.
Example
- 1. Not that the west was free of appalling brutality .
- 2. Mr. zhang 's portrayal of the japanese brutality leaves little to the imagination .
- 3. Few arab leaders acknowledge the brutality of that crime .
- 4. War crimes typically involve deliberate brutality or recklessness .
- 5. Today the starvation unimaginable brutality and physical labour that made the concentration camp a living hell are well documented .