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

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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. 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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How to use brutality in a sentence?

  1. Lloyd Austin:

    Well, certainly we’ve all been shocked by the brutality that we continue to witness day in and day out, these attacks that we’ve seen most recently appear to be focused directly on civilians.

  2. Bob Bennett:

    Beware the ease of blaming Chauvin alone. While he is a blunt instrument of police brutality and racism, he could never flourish in a police agency that lived up to its mission statement.

  3. 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.

  4. Hafsa Islam:

    This isn't about the business, this is about us, this is about George Floyd and all of the people whose lives have been taken wrongfully because of police brutality, we are fighting for justice in such an unjust system.

  5. Kiona Mack:

    It hurts my heart to know that she lost one son to street violence and another due to police brutality.


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