noun
definition
The state of being brutal.
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A cruel or savage act.
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The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
example
police brutality
Examples of brutality in a Sentence
Husband and wife quarrelled with the brutality of the age and came to open war.
The brutality of some Spanish governors on the spot provoked anger The cortes assembled in Cadiz, being under the influence of the merchants and mob, could make no concessions, and all Spanish America flamed into revolt.
The projection of the muzzle, which gives the character of brutality to the gorilla as distinguished from the man, is yet further exaggerated in the lemurs, as is also the backward position.
Meanwhile the brutality of the king and his ministers had begun to produce a reaction.
But whatever cause she might have found since marriage to complain of his rigorous custody and domineering brutality was insufficient to break the ties by which he held her.
Fifteen death sentences were carried out, all with the utmost brutality.
They are capable of extreme brutality, but also show altruism.
There is no cause, no religion, that can justify such brutality.
Many died in captivity and many suffered appalling brutality.
Quite a number have witnessed brutality or relatives being killed.
In five cases, the victims of police brutality died.
Carlyle's influence on him may be traced both in his admiration for strong rulers and strong government, which led him to write as though tyranny and brutality were excusable, and in his independent treatment of character.
Owing to the ferocity and brutality of the attacks upon Justinian, the authenticity of the Anecdota has often been called in question, but the claims of Procopius to the authorship are now generally recognized.
The enemy is never tired, never sated, never content with yesterday 's brutality.
The group debuted with the 1979 single " Murder of Liddle Towers, " a scabrous attack on police brutality.
Depictions of these types of brutality should not be tolerated in a civilized society.
In Hungary, as in Italy, he was accused of brutality.
But there is no foundation for the stories of Peter's neglect and brutality.
The war thus begun, and known in Russian history as the The Rus- Thirteen Years' War, far exceeded even the Thirty sians invade Years' War in grossness and brutality.
Gathering around them many of the Covenanters who clung tenaciously to their standards of faith, these ministers began to preach in the fields, and a period of persecution marked by savage hatred and great brutality began.
That he changed the system of blinding his relatives from passing a hot metal over the open eye to an extraction of the whole pupil is indicative of gross brutality.
Her gentle demeanor reveals nothing of the brutality she experienced at the hands of Iraqi prison guards.
They wanted to hear tales of torture, beatings and brutality.
Fast camera changes relay the frenzy of battle and close-ups reveal the brutality of it.
The first time you see the game in action, the sheer brutality of the game's new impact punches soon becomes starkly clear.
With British support, and media self-censorship, the US continues to fuel the insurgency with its racist brutality.
It's a work which alternates beautifully lyrical and delicate passages with scenes of extreme violence and brutality.
Photographs of prisoners subjected to sexual humiliation and other brutality at the hands of U.S. soldiers have prompted international outrage.
The film accurately portrays the brutality of 1st century flogging.
Bacon's overriding preoccupation was with what he liked to call " the brutality of fact " .
The enemy is never tired, never sated, never content with yesterday's brutality.
European slavers dispersed them across the Americas to lead lives of degradation and brutality, without thought for their personal lives.
The third and last period extends from that year onwards; it was a time of disunion and disintegration, when the independence and rude honour of the previous periods had degenerated into unmitigated vice and brutality.
The facts are not in dispute and provide a shocking indictment of the brutality of the profit system.
The centers of our large cities are places where brutality is squeezing out hope and where aspirations are being smothered at birth.
Although admittedly steeped in controversy, this CD shined a light on the reality of police brutality in a way that, up to that point, had never been covered in the mainstream media.
Experience the dangerous brutality of the Normandy Breakout, the campaign that helped liberate Paris and brought our allies closer to Berlin during WWII.
Brutality - Decimate the losing player with a long series of attacks.
The Suffering video game for PS2 is an action/adventure type game set in an insane prison with lots of horrific creatures and absolute brutality.
A strong combo system links various attacks, special movies and finishing throws together into dramatic sequences of brutality.
Individuals who cannot empathize with others' feelings are less likely to curb their own aggression and more likely to become insensitive to brutality in general.
He was disgusted with the brutality of English manners, which he paints in no flattering colours, and he found pedantry and superstition as rampant in Oxford as in Geneva.
They had recourse to the so-called "unarmed agitation," which was in effect a policy of constant provocation designed to bring on measures of repression to be represented to Europe as examples of Russian brutality.
This brutality seems rather incredulous to the modern reader.
The legislation against Baptists (about 1644-1678) and the persecution of the Quakers (especially 1656-1662) partook of the brutality of the time, including scourging, boring of tongues, cutting of ears and in rare cases capital punishment.
Their origin, their previous crimes or virtues, their avarice or brutality, were indifferent to him so long as they served him loyally.
He tried to import more method into the very unequal distribution of taxation, less brutality in collection, less confusion in the fiscal machine, and more uniformity in the matter of rights; while he diminished the debts of the much-involved towns by putting them through the bankruptcy court.
He is particularly proud of a report he made in 1999, which exposed police brutality in South Africa.
While it was close enough to catch broadcasts of Phillies baseball and Eagles football, it was far enough away to be isolated from most of the brutality associated with the city of Brotherly Love.
He increased his bodyguard to Boo men, all Frenchmen, who behaved with the greatest licence and brutality; by his oppressive taxes, and his ferocious cruelty towards all who opposed him, and the unsatisfactory treaties he concluded with Pisa, he accumulated bitter hatred against his rule.