brunt /brʌnt/ BrE AmE noun
bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something to receive the worst part of an attack, criticism, bad situation etc:
an industry that bore the brunt of the recession
The car took the full brunt of the explosion.
brunt /brʌnt/ BrE AmE noun
bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something to receive the worst part of an attack, criticism, bad situation etc:
an industry that bore the brunt of the recession
The car took the full brunt of the explosion.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012