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Synonyms & Antonyms for brute
Synonyms: Adjective
atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, butcherly, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, savage, truculent, vicious, wanton
Synonyms: Noun
animal, beast, beastie, creature, critter
Antonyms: Adjective
benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted
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Examples of brute in a Sentence
Adjective
They used brute force to open the door. the brute fact of getting oldNoun
Let go of me, you brute! it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Given humanity's current capabilities, there's no way to beat a hurricane with brute force. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "You Can't Nuke a Hurricane," 26 Aug. 2019 Far from being a sport about brute force, football is such a cerebral affair that there is no question that the most valuable professional in the game is a coach, Bill Belichick, whose record speaks, or rather shouts, for itself. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "Why Football Is Great," 22 Aug. 2019 For China, the use of brute force to quash dissent in Hong Kong would be a public relations nightmare. — Fortune, "Fears of a Military Crackdown in Hong Kong are Overblown," 17 Aug. 2019 Soprano Laura Wilde is a vocal powerhouse as Jenufa, as is Richard Trey Smagur's big-brute loser Steva. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, "A fairy-tale world premiere and Janácek's brutal but redemptive 'Jenufa' impress at Santa Fe Opera," 6 Aug. 2019 Google can do a bit better than the brute force tactic of generating 6,000 complete APK files, though. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Android 9 Pie, thoroughly reviewed," 13 Sep. 2018 Hickey’s technique may be the method—or one of them—allegedly employed by security firms Cellebrite and Grayshift to crack phones via brute force methods for governments and law enforcement agencies. — Glenn Fleishman, Fortune, "Apple iOS Passcode Crack Revealed by Security Researcher. Watch the Exploit in Action," 22 June 2018 Rather than proceed with litigation with the intention of winning, the plaintiffs in SLAPP suits rely on brute force and superior resources to convince defendants into retracting their comments or backing down completely. — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, "You can be sued for posting a negative online review," 1 Aug. 2019 Ever since, protests by IMN members have been typically met with brute force: the group says over 20 of its members were killed last week. — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "The ominous parallels with Nigeria’s handling of a rising Islamic sect and early-day Boko Haram," 29 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Judge, demonstrating his brute strength, hit a changeup off the end of his bat 414 feet over the left-field wall. — Los Angeles Times, "Dodgers and Hyun-Jin Ryu are routed by Yankees in series opener," 23 Aug. 2019 Thanks in part to their brute strength, Goliath frogs have tended to be overprotective of their young by nurturing them in ponds away from dangerous rivers, as well as guarding them from potential predators. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "World's Biggest Frogs Are So Jacked That They Can Lift Rocks to Make Their Own Ponds for Their Young," 9 Aug. 2019 Hobbs, of course, manages to keep the chopper from flying off with his sheer, brute strength. — Travis M. Andrews, chicagotribune.com, "The supercharged evolution of the ‘Fast & Furious’ films from racing movies to global action flicks," 4 Aug. 2019 Both 'Hobbs & Shaw' and 'Captain America: Civil War' feature scenes where the hero uses brute strength to ground a helicopter. — Daniel Menegaz, EW.com, "Dwayne Johnson vs. Captain America: Who's better at wrangling a helicopter?," 3 Aug. 2019 Conversely, rowing requires long levers, brute strength and fierce determination to push through searing pain on the water. — New York Times, "Caught Up in the College Admissions Scandal: Stanford’s Boathouse," 17 July 2019 Though a cult following has existed since the 1980s, the NFL piled on with a brute-force approach, bringing games to the U.K. every year since 2007. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "Coming to London: Yankees vs. Red Sox vs. the Great British Summer," 25 June 2019 Soon after taking the Michigan basketball job, Howard offered Christopher, a physically dominant 6-foot-4, 200-pound shooting guard who pairs brute strength with finesse and elite athleticism. — Matthew Bain, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan basketball making serious headway with 5-star Joshua Christopher," 12 July 2019 Williamson used his brute strength to get to the basket, drawing two fouls against center Mitchell Robinson, who had the nerve to try to stand his ground and defend him. — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, "After Zion shakes NBA world, earthquake takes over," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brute.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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