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English Dictionary: brutality by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brutality
n
  1. the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery]
  2. a brutal barbarous savage act
    Synonym(s): brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brutality \Bru*tal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Brutalities}. [Cf. F.
      brutalit[82].]
      1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness;
            pitilessness.
  
      2. An inhuman act.
  
                     The . . . brutalities exercised in war. --Brougham.
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