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Word: Brutal
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘relating to the lower animals’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin brutalis, from brutus ‘dull, stupid’ (see brute)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbruːtl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
savagely violent
Short Definition:savagely violent
Examples:- a brutal murder
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