Brutality and Wrong

Brutality

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

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Wrong and brutality are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead a noun "Brutality".

Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

Wrong noun - That which is morally unacceptable.

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Brutality and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutality" instead a noun "Wrong".

actual	actual brutality	actual wrong
great	great brutality	great wrong
little	little brutality	little wrong
bad	bad brutality	bad wrong
Other adjectives: supposed, repeated.

He was a bit hung up on proving his bosses wrong and one-upping them when a suspect committed suicide and made it look like police brutality.

Source: Cowboy Cop / Live-Action TV
Anti-Police Song: Some of their work critiques police brutality, such as this passage from Yes Sir, I Will:Under Thatcher's regime there have been massive increases in police brutality.In London police shot down a manOnly to find it was the wrong person.We regret to inform you.

Source: Music / Crass
Not necessarily, as brutality cases have involved friendly dogs approaching an officer, children, including a baby in one case, and it's more than possible the cops will get the wrong address or wrong license plate or otherwise faulty information.

Source: Paranoia Fuel / Other

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Wrong and Brutality. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/brutality/wrong

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