Synonyms for brutality
bruˈtæl ɪ tibru·tal·i·ty

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1. brutality

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Antonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness

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1. ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagerynoun

   the trait of extreme cruelty

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, savagery, barbarism, savageness, viciousness, ferociousness

2. brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagerynoun

   a brutal barbarous savage act

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, savageness, viciousness, barbarism, heinousness, barbarity, savagery, ferociousness

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1. • Atrocity

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1. brutalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart

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1. brutalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   inhumanity, cruelty, truculence

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1. List of paraphrases for "brutality":

   cruelty, barbarity, savagery, bestiality, savage, barbarism, barbaric, abuse, bullying, brutal, violence, molestation

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1. Ben Crump:

   The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.

2. Joshua DuBois:

   You don't have to agree with every statement or tactic of every activist in the very broad Black Lives Matter movement, but we have to agree that they are putting some critical issues on the table, issues like police brutality and criminal justice reform and implicit bias. We wouldn't be talking about this if it wasn't for Black Lives Matter.

3. Erika Shields:

   I just hope that people will get tested and will remember that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are really, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms're still in the middle of a pandemic... and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms communities are sick and they're tired and they're dying. They're dying from Covid-19, they're dying from poverty, they're dying from police brutality.

4. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy:

   The alleged police brutality in this case cannot and will not be tolerated.

5. The Iraqi ambassador:

   I cannot speak to the extent of that issue until we finalize our analysis of the problem but if one looks at the broader picture, it is very clear that the brutality and the tactics that (ISIS) is using expand by the day.