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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • comparable Harsh; blunt
  • Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
  • Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the '''brute''' earth; the '''brute''' powers of nature.
  • Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a '''brute''' beast; the '''brute''' creation.
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, '''brute''' violence.
  • Purely physical.
  • Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.

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Noun:

  • A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
  • A large, savage looking man.
  • An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

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Verb:

  • bruit

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