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Brute

bruːt

Brute definitions
noun
brute brutes
  1. 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"

  2. an animal as opposed to a human being

    "we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses"

    animal beast wild animal wild beast creature
adjective
brute
  1. 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"