Synonyms for ruthlessness
ruth·less·ness

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1. ruthlessness

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, hard-heartedness, hardness, harshness, inhumanity, mercilessness, pitilessness, rigor, severity, sternness, truculence

   Antonyms:
   commiseration, compassion, condolence, mercy, pity, sympathy, tenderness

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1. pitilessness, ruthlessnessnoun

   mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

   Synonyms:
   cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness

2. cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessnessnoun

   feelings of extreme heartlessness

   Synonyms:
   harshness, cruelty, unmercifulness, pitilessness, mercilessness, cruelness, inhuman treatment

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1. • Mercilessness

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1. ruthlessnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   truculence, implacability, cruelty, mercilessness

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1. List of paraphrases for "ruthlessness":

   cruelty

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How to use ruthlessness in a sentence?

1. Nadim Houry:

   We've seen a race to the bottom in Syria, with rebel groups mimicking the ruthlessness of government forces with devastating consequences for civilians.

2. Andrea Sella:

   The Russian government has the motivation for The Russian government, but also the track record on multiple levels, the Russian government shows both their ruthlessness but also their level of impunity. It is clear that they care little about international opinion and are prepared to act because they know that the consequences are extremely small.

3. Brad Adams:

   Thailand's junta has reached a new level of ruthlessness by snatching an activist from his hospital bed.

4. Mark Rowley:

   We have failed. And I’m sorry, he should not have been a police officer. We haven’t applied the same sense of ruthlessness to guarding our own integrity that we routinely apply to confronting criminals.

5. David Horovitz:

   The sense in Israel, and it goes way beyond Netanyahu, is that the president underestimates Iran's duplicity, underestimates Iran's ruthlessness, the religious imperative behind its ideology.