Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: brutal

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were lured to a quiet residential road in Leytonstone, east London, where they were 'boxed in' by their killers and stabbed 24 times in less than a minute in 'a swift, frenzied and utterly brutal attack'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11872421/The-human-cost-Brits-obsession-cocaine-Roll-call-young-lives-lost-County-Lines.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A brutal cold snap could be triggered by a 'Sudden Stratospheric Warming' (SSW) over the North Pole which last time caused the 'Beast from the East' to ravage the UK five years ago.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1736422/arctic-snow-march-temperatures-minus-blizzards-UK

A brutal way of silencing concerns is the ominous important-sounding concept of “state security”.

Source: https://mg.co.za/thoughtleader/opinion/2023-08-10-kafka-and-the-presidents-men-in-warsaw/

According to her "Ukraine is heroically resisting the brutal Russian invader.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.com.au/european-commission-sets-out-measures-support-eu-defense-industry-1845570

Affecting more than 36 million people so far, it is one of the longest and most brutal droughts in recent history.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/historic-drought-in-the-horn-of-africa-women-and-girls-fleeing-one-crisis-for-another/

After months of brutal headlines and speculation about her removal from the ticket, Harris’ response to DeSantis is an indication that she’s itching to enter the 2024 political battle.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-joe-biden-florida-slavery-takedown-rcna97592

After she saved him from a brutal gang beating, Toya is now indebted to her.

Source: https://gamerant.com/best-completed-horror-light-novels/

Afterward, Carnage goes after the women and children in the diner, which was so brutal that Marvel Comics didn't depict it.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/gory-brutal-carnage-kills-marvel-comics/

AITA for my response to my sister's boyfriend's "brutal honesty"?

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/aita-men-are-trash

A leading pro-democracy campaigner and Kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25 years in a Russian penal colony for condemning the war in Ukraine after a show trial that has been compared with the most brutal excesses of the Stalin era.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11983077/IAN-BIRRELL-breathtaking-courage-Vladimir-Putins-latest-trial-victim.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

All ten Espada are full-blown villains, but they vary widely in how wickedly cruel and brutal they are - or aren't.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/all-espada-bleach-ranked/

ALL that concrete was amazing, but was very brutal.

Source: https://citynews.com.au/2023/a-triumph-in-brutalism-but-for-a-gallery/

Although anxious, insecure, and full of anger and frustration, Hughie is also compassionate and kind, although far less than he was before his girlfriend's brutal death.

Source: https://collider.com/jack-quaid-best-movies-tv-shows-rotten-tomatoes/

A man was robbed in this alley on the 2000 block of North Damen earlier this week amid a recent surge in brutal attacks around the North Side.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/9/27/23893239/surge-robberies-bucktown-neighbors-attack-north-side

“America can’t stand idly by as brutal violence perpetrated by the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan raises the specter of genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh,” said Senator Whitehouse.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/23/menendez-sanction-nagorno-karabakh/

American McGee's Alice transforms Lewis Carroll's creations into brutal beasts.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/most-creepy-children-in-horror-games/

A more considered view, hinted at by Villa’s head coach after the game and which may gain more credence in time, is such brutal experiences are a necessary evil of building a team for success in the long-term.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/aston-villa/2023/02/06/analysis-chaos-replaces-control-to-leave-unai-emery-seeking-lessons-from-aston-villa-defeat/

Andrew Hague, 31, murdered Simon Wilkinson, 50, in a “brutal” attack with a bag containing metal tins of the trading cards, and a number of other weapons, including a wooden plank.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/pokemon-card-murder-andrew-hague-b2336314.html

And the country’s president, Xiomara Castro, said that street gangs were being the brutal mass-murder.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/women-prisoners-burnt-alive-monstrous-30285362

And then Shiv and Tom have it out, and it’s a moment of brutal candor.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/opinion/succession-shiv-tom.html