Brutality and Force

Brutality

Brutality noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

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Force and brutality are semantically related in fury topic. In some cases you can use "Force" instead a noun "Brutality".

Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

Force noun - The use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property.

Usage example: threatened to resort to force if he wouldn't listen to reason

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Brutality and force are semantically related in fury topic. Sometimes you can use "Brutality" instead a noun "Force".

physical	physical brutality	physical force
pure	pure brutality	pure force
natural	natural brutality	natural force
true	true brutality	true force
Other adjectives: sheer, brutal, actual, massive, great, excessive, dark, secret, overwhelming, greater, unstoppable.

Knights fight in whatever manner and using whatever level of force and brutality they require to win on the battlefield; morality only enters into the equation if they think their liege will disapprove of their tactics.

Source: The Unfettered
Subverted by Vimes himself who tells Wee Mad Arthur, if the Vimes was there and did things, Vimes would be brought up on charges of excessive force, police brutality, and other similar crimes.

Source: Discworld / Snuff
Friday and Gannon were suspicious of one applicant with a 6 month gap in his background history, and it was discovered he'd been kicked off another town's sheriff force for police brutality.

Source: Police Brutality

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