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Noun: brutality  broo'talitee
  1. The trait of extreme cruelty
    - ferociousness, viciousness, savagery
     
  2. A brutal barbarous savage act
    - barbarity, barbarism, savagery

Derived forms: brutalities

See also: brutal

Type of: atrocity, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, inhumanity

Encyclopedia: Brutality