Brunt

/bɹʌnt/

Synonyms for "brunt" (48 found)

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Noun(6 words)
main forceprimary damageprincipal impactsharpest impactstrongest blowworst part

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greatest damagegreatest impactheaviest burdenheavy burdenmost severe impact

Collocations

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brunt of the crisisbrunt of the impactgreatest bruntmain bruntprincipal brunt

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The brunt of criticism was borne by the chairmen.

Source: tatoeba (20011)

Coastal cities will take the brunt of the storm.

Source: tatoeba (874555)

Tom had to bear the brunt of his boss's anger.

Source: tatoeba (3108918)

The CEO bore the brunt of investor anger after a record drop in the company's profits.

Source: tatoeba (4696528)

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