I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brute strength (= physical strength rather than intelligence or careful thinking )
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There is more to wrestling than brute strength. Tactics are important too.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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force
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With brute force techniques ... they do achieve about the same end result as we do with much more sophisticated techniques.
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Was brute force and intimidation all they knew?
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In the analogue world, the reshaping of a page of information or a physical object requires some exercise of brute force .
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In the short term this brute force approach appears to be the best method of incorporating linguistic knowledge into computers.
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Lucker opens a case with brute force , sending unprocessed film rolling everywhere.
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Wado employs very light and fast techniques, preferring evasion to meeting brute force head on.
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The use of brute force for righteous ends appeals strongly to rap's adolescent male following, of course.
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With its tendency to glorify brute force it outrages moral standards and inflames the passions.
strength
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And let's not limit the language to pictures of thunder and brute strength .
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Henry Cooper used brute strength to promote after-shave.
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Keith believes that stamina, not brute strength , is the real key to nude mud wrestling.
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Majestic grace is matched with brute strength ... Each horse is hand-picked for its temperament and skill.
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By sheer brute strength and blind defiance of the laws of gravity he almost reached the top of the incline.
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It's not just boxing and brute strength you've got to do your homework.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Et tu, Brute?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a drunken brute
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Milly had a husband -- a great brute of a man who knocked her about.
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She spun round and screamed, "Leave him alone, you brute !''
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He looked at her white face and the dark fear in her eyes and felt a brute .
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It was therefore with a fit companion that I tackled the brute for a fourth attempt.
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Nomatterhow he had changed - if indeed he had changed - that man had once been a sadistic brute .
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She had a husband, a great brawny brute of an ex R.A.F. pilot who knocked her about.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
force
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Instead of brute force , the clever approach would be to attack the weakest point.
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Even his strong-man routine seems devoid of any intelligence or style and focuses, instead, upon brute force and muscle.
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Their only ultimate recourse is to deal with each other by brute force .
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Teravainen belonged to the brute force school; off the tee, he was as long as anybody.
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By brute force they began to pull the raft sideways away from the danger.
strength
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But like men, chimps do not rise entirely on brute strength .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it is also a story of brute resolve and drive, and courage at a crunch.
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But like men, chimps do not rise entirely on brute strength.
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Even his strong-man routine seems devoid of any intelligence or style and focuses, instead, upon brute force and muscle.
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For him, the whale was a brute beast which provided the source of his income.
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Instead of brute force, the clever approach would be to attack the weakest point.
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Low, relentless, brute power.
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The brute reality is that there is no political will for a repeat military operation to finish the job.
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What they see is the brute fact of several thousand uncounted votes that would have made a difference.