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#1 brutal s. [barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks". wn
#2 brutal s. [beastly, bestial, brute, brutish] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners". wn
#3 brutal s. disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty". wn
#2 brutal s. [beastly, bestial, brute, brutish] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners". wn
#3 brutal s. disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty". wn
