adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brutal regime (= cruel and violent )
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Many asylum seekers have fled from brutal regimes.
a brutal/horrific murder (= violent and cruel )
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He is wanted for the brutal murder of a young girl.
a vicious/brutal assault
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The vicious assault happened outside the man’s home.
a violent/vicious/brutal attack
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Police described it as an extremely violent attack.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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It may not be long before more brutal solutions to this modern menace are enacted.
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The rate of departure was probably even more brutal among those at home with a remote control in their hands.
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The followers of Aenarion became ever more brutal , cruel and merciless, lost in a dream of endless slaughter.
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They particularly enjoy dealing with Orcs as it gives them a chance to outwit their larger and more brutal cousins.
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The clamp down became more brutal: opposition activists were attacked by hit squads and six key opposition leaders were rounded up.
most
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Equally, the most brutal and aggressive member of staff is often most admired by the inmates as well as being most deeply hated.
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But the most brutal episode occurred at the Cite Herault, a residential suburb.
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That is why she is kept in her place, if necessary by the most brutal oppression.
often
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Discipline was strict, often brutal .
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As an ideology it thinly veneered our often brutal economic exploitation.
so
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It was so brutal , so sudden.
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It was so brutal , and yet so matter of fact.
■ NOUN
attack
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Mr Purohit, a leading figure in the Hindu community, had been murdered, in a brutal attack .
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Father finds son on ground after brutal attack .
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Detectives spoke of their disgust at the brutal attack .
honesty
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Will the erstwhile crimson-lipped peroxide devil-doll, the very anti-Madonna, be raging with paranoia and brutal honesty on her next record?
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And the brutal honesty of his observations is sometimes lost in the attempt to make the words themselves beautiful.
murder
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The same reports say that intelligence ministry microphones planted inside their Tehran flat picked up the sound of their brutal murder .
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No one knew whether the civil jury would hold the former football star liable for two brutal murders .
regime
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Is it not time that the Government stopped selling arms to a country with such a brutal regime ?
suppression
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The brutal suppression of the insurrection of the early 1980s was not an isolated incident.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a brutal dictator
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Carter was jailed for the brutal murder of a young mother of three.
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Some of the prison guards were brutal and corrupt.
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The brutal truth is that babies are starving to death there.
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The police are searching for the brutal attacker of a 98-year old woman.
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Three men were charged with the brutal murder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Crabbe describes him, Grimes begins as a brutal product of harsh circumstances.
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It was so brutal , so sudden.
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It was the old mountain teaching another brutal lesson, that the mountain and its weather does not forgive a mistake.
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Jerry West and Mitch Kupchak have a brutal job.
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That's an extreme example of the volatility, but it shows how brutal the market has been, analysts said.
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The game had been brutal , the aggression often boiling over into mini-battles on the pitch between opposing players.
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There was a brutal note in his voice that puzzled me.
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They were officially internees, rather than prisoners, and life, although monotonous and full of deprivation, was not brutal .