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Brute
bruːt
Brute definitions
noun
brute
brutes
- a savagely violent person or animal
"he was a cold-blooded brute"
- a cruel or insensitive person
"what an unfeeling little brute you are"
- something awkward, difficult, or unpleasant
"a great brute of a machine"
- an animal as opposed to a human being
"we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses"
adjective
brute
- characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence
"a brute struggle for social superiority"
- merely physical
"we achieve little by brute force"
- fundamental, inescapable, and unpleasant
"the brute necessities of basic subsistence"