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brutality

noun

bru·​tal·​i·​ty brü-ˈta-lə-tē How to pronounce brutality (audio)
plural brutalities
1
: the quality or state of being brutal
2
: a brutal act or course of action

Example Sentences

the brutalities of a prison the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests
Recent Examples on the Web As spring turned into summer, the Russians had, through sheer brutality and force, largely accomplished these tasks. The Editors, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022 Accounts of the campaign’s brutality, including the detention of Uyghurs and others in re-education camps, first emerged from ethnic Kazakhs who had escaped the dragnet. Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 Still, the vicious brutality encountered by officers who fought back makes the passivity of some of their peers all the more confounding. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 In March 1995, the panel featured Daryl Gates, the former chief of police in Los Angeles who resigned after the 1992 uprisings in Los Angeles brought intense focus on the LAPD's history of racist brutality. Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022 Teaching black students that their ancestors’ only role in American history was as targets of white brutality is both dangerous and disabling. Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Unlike in the Vietnam era, during which Black men were disproportionately sent to the front lines, today’s racial justice movement has been spurred by police brutality and economic, social and other inequalities, not the war in Afghanistan. Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022 Episode 3 of House of the Dragon is largely about brutality, and the manner in which various members of House Targaryen wield it. Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 4 Sep. 2022 Her son, Kim Aris, auctioned off a piece of art that sold for more than $1 million — money that will go toward helping victims of the military’s brutality. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of brutality was in 1550

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