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Synonyms for brutality
bruˈtæl ɪ tibru·tal·i·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
brutality
Synonyms:
barbarity, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindnessAntonyms:
almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness
Princeton's WordNet
ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagerynoun
the trait of extreme cruelty
Synonyms:
barbarity, savagery, barbarism, savageness, viciousness, ferociousnessbrutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagerynoun
a brutal barbarous savage act
Synonyms:
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, savageness, viciousness, barbarism, heinousness, barbarity, savagery, ferociousness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
brutalitynoun
Synonyms:
savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
brutalitynoun
Synonyms:
inhumanity, cruelty, truculence
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#197798 | malignity | |
#204820 | unkindness | |
#256159 | stinginess |
How to use brutality in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
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.
It hurts my heart to know that she lost one son to street violence and another due to police brutality.
Translations for brutality
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- brutalitaCzech
- BrutalitätGerman
- αγριότηταGreek
- brutalidadSpanish
- brutalitéFrench
- brúidiúlachtIrish
- brùidealachdScottish Gaelic
- brutalidadeGalician
- BrutalitéitLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- wreedheidDutch
- brutalnośćPolish
- жестокость, зверствоRussian
- брута́лно̄ст, brutálnōstSerbo-Croatian
- brutalitetSwedish
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