brutal
Example Sentences
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Still, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran had little choice but to halt fighting in 1988 after eight brutal years of war.
“Working on a ship in the middle of the ocean is brutal.”
A four-Test series away to world champions South Africa is at the heart of a testing 2026 schedule and will be brutal barometer of where the team, and a rugby nation, stand.
From BBC
Human Rights Watch has denounced the suspension of 10 NGOs, including election-monitoring organisations, and said the opposition had faced "brutal repression".
From Barron's
"The truth doesn't have to be brutal or harsh," she adds.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
