brutal
/brˈutʌl/
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Adjective Satellite
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin''s roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
Adjective Satellite
harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
Adjective Satellite
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
Adjective Satellite
disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"