Brutal and Grave

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Brutal adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Grave and brutal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grave" instead an adjective "Brutal".

Nearby Words: brutish, brute, brutalize, brutality, brutally

Grave adjective - Having a matter of importance as its topic.

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Brutal and grave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

Grave of the Fireflies is a famously brutal depiction of the horrors of war, conveniently explaining why no one ever gets around to watching it.

Source: Mainstream Obscurity
Several months of brutal training, a few years and a live burial later and after clawing her way out of the grave The Bride goes into a cafe and asks for some water.

Source: Film / Kill Bill aka: Kill Bill Vol 2
In Lucha Underground, Fenix and Mil Muertes clashed in Grave Consequences, a brutal back-and-forth match that saw Fenix put Muertes in the casket for the win, and presumably killing him.

Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Professional Wrestling

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