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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɹuːˈtælɪti/, /bɹuˈtælɪɾi/ [California, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brutality.wav Forms: brutalities [plural]
Etymology: From brutal + -ity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷreh₂-}}, {{suffix|en|brutal|ity}} brutal + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun}} brutality (plural brutalities)
  1. The state of being brutal. Translations (a state of being brutal): θηριότης (thēriótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), վայրագություն (vayragutʻyun) (Armenian), zalımlıq (Azerbaijani), brutalitat [feminine] (Catalan), къизалла (qʼizalla) (Chechen), brutalita [feminine] (Czech), wreedheid (Dutch), brutaleco (Esperanto), raakuus (Finnish), julmuus (Finnish), brutaalius (Finnish), brutalité [feminine] (French), brutalidade [feminine] (Galician), Brutalität [feminine] (German), αγριότητα (agriótita) [feminine] (Greek), brutalitás (Hungarian), brúidiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), brutalità (Italian), Brutalitéit [feminine] (Luxembourgish), brutalitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brutalitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), حیوانلق (hayvanlık) (Ottoman Turkish), brutalizm [masculine] (Polish), brutalność [feminine] (Polish), brutalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), brutalitate [feminine] (Romanian), жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) [masculine] (Russian), зве́рство (zvérstvo) [neuter] (Russian), brùidealachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), брута́лно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brutálnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brutalidad [feminine] (Spanish), brutalitet [common-gender] (Swedish), брутальність (brutalʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A cruel or savage act. Translations (a cruel act): վայրագություն (vayragutʻyun) (Armenian), raakuus (Finnish), julmuus (Finnish), okrucieństwo [neuter] (Polish), brutalitate [feminine] (Romanian), бузувірство (buzuvirstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-brutality-en-noun-tXXchUvU Disambiguation of 'a cruel act': 15 81 4
  3. The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence. Translations (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence): väkivalta (Finnish), brutalité [feminine] (French), Brutalität [feminine] (German), brutalitás (Hungarian), brutalność [feminine] (Polish), brutalitate [feminine] (Romanian), брутальність (brutalʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), надмірність (nadmirnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-brutality-en-noun-kZ60m-pc Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: police brutality

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "word": "wreedheid"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "word": "brutaleco"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "word": "raakuus"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "word": "brutaalius"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
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      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "hayvanlık",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "word": "حیوانلق"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
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      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
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      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brutalitate"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žestókostʹ",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "жесто́кость"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvérstvo",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
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      "word": "зве́рство"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brùidealachd"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брута́лно̄ст"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brutalidad"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brutalitet"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brutalʹnistʹ",
      "sense": "a state of being brutal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брутальність"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vayragutʻyun",
      "sense": "a cruel act",
      "word": "վայրագություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a cruel act",
      "word": "raakuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a cruel act",
      "word": "julmuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a cruel act",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "okrucieństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brutalitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "buzuvirstvo",
      "sense": "a cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бузувірство"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "word": "väkivalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brutalité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brutalität"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "word": "brutalitás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brutalność"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brutalitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brutalʹnistʹ",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брутальність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadmirnistʹ",
      "sense": "The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "надмірність"
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