The police brutality incidents nearly set off a riot.
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Brutality
//bɹuːˈtælɪti//
Synonyms for "brutality" (144 found)
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malignitymaterialismmercilessnessmindlessnessmurderousnessnastinessneanderthalismnefariousnessnoisomenessnonspiritualitynotoriousnessobnoxiousnessodiousnessoffensivenessoutrageoutrageousnessphilistinismpitilessnesspostlapsarian staterankness
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13 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θηριότης noun (a state of being brutal)
Arabic
1 entries- وحشية noun (a state of being brutal)
Armenian
2 entries- վայրագություն noun (a state of being brutal)
- վայրագություն noun (a cruel act)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zalımlıq noun (a state of being brutal)
Catalan
1 entries- brutalitat noun (a state of being brutal)
Chechen
1 entries- къизалла noun (a state of being brutal)
Czech
1 entries- brutalita noun (a state of being brutal)
Dutch
1 entries- wreedheid noun (a state of being brutal)
Esperanto
1 entries- brutaleco noun (a state of being brutal)
Finnish
4 entries- brutaalius noun (a state of being brutal)
- julmuus noun (a state of being brutal)
- julmuus noun (a cruel act)
- raakuus noun (a state of being brutal)
French
2 entries- brutalité noun (a state of being brutal)
- brutalité noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
Galician
1 entries- brutalidade noun (a state of being brutal)
German
2 entries- Brutalität noun (a state of being brutal)
- Brutalität noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
Greek
1 entries- αγριότητα noun (a state of being brutal)
Hindi
3 entries- क्रूरता noun (a state of being brutal)
- निर्ममता noun (a state of being brutal)
- बर्बरता noun (a state of being brutal)
Hungarian
2 entries- brutalitás noun (a state of being brutal)
- brutalitás noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
Irish
1 entries- brúidiúlacht noun (a state of being brutal)
Italian
1 entries- brutalità noun (a state of being brutal)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Brutalitéit noun (a state of being brutal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- brutalitet noun (a state of being brutal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- brutalitet noun (a state of being brutal)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- حیوانلق noun (a state of being brutal)
Polish
4 entries- brutalizm noun (a state of being brutal)
- brutalność noun (a state of being brutal)
- brutalność noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
- okrucieństwo noun (a cruel act)
Portuguese
1 entries- brutalidade noun (a state of being brutal)
Romanian
3 entries- brutalitate noun (a state of being brutal)
- brutalitate noun (a cruel act)
- brutalitate noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
Russian
2 entries- жесто́кость noun (a state of being brutal)
- зве́рство noun (a state of being brutal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- brùidealachd noun (a state of being brutal)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- brutálnōst noun (a state of being brutal)
- брута́лно̄ст noun (a state of being brutal)
Spanish
1 entries- brutalidad noun (a state of being brutal)
Swedish
1 entries- brutalitet noun (a state of being brutal)
Ukrainian
4 entries- брутальність noun (a state of being brutal)
- брутальність noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
- бузувірство noun (a cruel act)
- надмірність noun (The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence)
Sample sentences
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If a man kills a tiger, they say it's sport. If a tiger kills a man, they say it's brutality.
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Police brutality has been a problem for a long time.
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There are too many victims of police brutality.
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