brute
/bɹuːt//bɹut/
noun
- 1
An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
- 2
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
“One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."”
- 3
(Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
verb
- 1
To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
adjective
- 1
Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
“a brute beast”
- 2
Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
- 3
Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
“the brute earth; the brute powers of nature”
- 4
Crude, unpolished.
- 5
Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
“I punched him with brute force.”
- 6
Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.
“brute violence”
verb
- 1
To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
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