brutal

UK /ˈbɹuː.təl/ US /ˈbɹu.təl/
adj 5

Collocations

5

ADJ.

black, cold, enough, experienced, honest, later, pretty, received

The police officer gave a cold, brutal assessment of what happened that night.

VERB + BRUTAL

abolish, calculating, game, going, need, ruined, work

The going got brutal when the team fell behind by twenty points in the second half.

BRUTAL + NOUN

childhoods, comedy, conditions, honesty, murderer, nature, punishment, truth

She grew up in brutal conditions that shaped her entire outlook on life.

PREP.

about, after, after, from, from, in, out

The dictator was brutal in his treatment of political prisoners.

ADV.

ever, such

The heat last summer was such a brutal experience that we barely left the house.

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