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Harsh, violent, cruel action or event.

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  • The last mile of the marathon was brutal.
  • Boynton on hand to warn him with what he termed brutal bluntness that he was tempting Providence again.
  • A 75-year old Chinese academic is in hospital after receiving what he called a brutal beating at a cemetery.
  • SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: And President Obama, he denounced what he called the brutal murders of these people in Juárez.
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