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    [Adjective]  | "bru*tal" | \ ˈbrü-tᵊl \


    1: suitable to one who lacks intelligence, sensitivity, or compassion : befitting a brute: such as

    2: cruel, cold-blooded

    3: harsh, severe


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English brutall "like an animal, bestial," borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin brūtālis "brutish, bestial," from brūtum "brute beast" (derivative of Latin brūtus "heavy, inert, devoid of intelligence or feeling, brutish") + Latin -ālis {see: |-al:1|-al:1} {mat|brute:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "brutal" 


    1: difficult to endure;


      * e.g., " ... brutal hard labor in the hot sun "





    2: having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others;


      * e.g., " ... a brutal tyrant who drove his country to revolt "





    3: having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal;


      * e.g., " ... a coarse, brutal man who has no sense of what it means to be refined or sensitive or cultured "



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     [ "brutal" ]

    1: Of or relating to the heaviest of death metal. Many people abuse the term and use it for reference to emo/scene grindcore bands. Most often, bands with technicality aren't really brutal due to an emphasis on talent and complicated riffs/structuring rather then heavyness, eg. Necrophagist.

      * e.g.,  ... Devourment, Inveracity, Sanatorium, Cephalotripsy, Wormed, Brodequin, Liturgy, Carnal, Digested Flesh, Viscera Trail, Internal Suffering, Artery Eruption, Disgorge(U.S variant more so, the mexican version leaning toward "sick" goregrind) 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: Extremely ruthless or cruel

      * e.g.,  ... ex1: That bands album is brutal 


     [ "brutal" ]

    2: usually meaning metal, death metal, heavy metal...

      * e.g.,  ... ex2: The wrist piercing Rachel got is brutal ! 


     [ "brutal" ]

    3:  or Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.


     [ "brutal" ]

    4: Although at times people tend to use the word as


     [ "brutal" ]

    5: extreme, awesome, dope...

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: A word used to describe how heavy or fast and extreme a metal band is i.e. Death Metal. Generally doesnt apply to any other kind of music apart from metal as it fits this genre best.

      * e.g.,  ... Have you heard that new Vital Remains album?...  


     [ "brutal" ]

    2: Basically it is used loosley to describe how good the band itself is.

      * e.g.,  ... its fucking brutal. 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: Being really bad at the current activity.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you see him lose the puck. That guy is brutal. 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: A synonym of cool that was adopted by mostly by emo and scene kids, to describe things deemed interesting by them.

      * e.g.,  ... ex1: OMG did you just see that guy roundhouse kick that guy in the pit? It was so BRUTAL! 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: Gnarly ass music, usually deathmetal or metal influenced hardcore. Also over used to describe shity grindcore bands that are obsessed with there image on myspace i.e. "br00t4l"

      * e.g.,  ... Brutal: Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, At The Gates, Death, Venom, Napalm Death, Nailbomb, Suffocation, Decapitation, SLAYER! etc. 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: anything that makes you sweat

      * e.g.,  ... Man, this morning's calisthenics were brutal. 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: Something so ugly makes you wanna gag

      * e.g.,  ... Yoooooooo that chick is soo brutal!! 

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: possibly the stupidest word ever invented

      * e.g.,  ... *that shit was brutal* 


     [ "brutal" ]

    2: makes people think that they are ultra cool cause they can say something that every body else is saying to make them sound oh so fucking hardcore.


     [ "brutal" ]

    3: twats.

     [ "brutal" ]

    1: harsh

      * e.g.,  ... man, this morning's calisthenics were harsh! 

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