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    [Noun]  | "bru*tal*i*ty" | \ brü-ˈta-lə-tē \


    1: the quality or state of being brutal

    2: a brutal act or course of action


    Origin: 1550 ;

     Borrowed from Medieval Latin brūtālitāt-, brūtālitās, from brūtālis "brutish, bestial" + Latin -itāt-, -itās {see: |-ity|-ity} {mat|brutal|};

    [Noun]  | "brutality" 


    1: disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others;


      * e.g., " ... the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests "





    2: the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal;


      * e.g., " ... the disconcerting ease with which the people adopted the brutality of the enemy invaders "



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