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• n  a cruelly rapacious person
• n  a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• s  resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
  brute force

• Stanley Kowalski, for example, may be a brute.
• In one of her many sexual debates with Clark Gable's Rhett Butler, Scarlett's dialogue says 'No no', but her dress says 'Come here, you great brute!'.
• The boxer, a good-natured brute of a dog, was bred in central Europe in the 15th Century to whip its weight in wild boars.

• beast
• wolf
• savage
• wildcat
• animal
• animate being
• creature
• fauna
• beastly
• bestial
• brutish
• brutal

News & Articles

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• ESPN’s Kevin Van Valkenburg Joins Glenn Younes Talking NBA Finals And Lebron James
  I don't think we have ever seen someone who combines that sort of brute strength, but also grace with that size and that power. That's what's unbelievable.
  June 15, 2013 - CBS Baltimore
• On Takedown: Bentley, Buxton, Brands, Heffernan
  Fight Now TV Presents Takedown Wrestling in the Brute studios. Takedown Wrestling is proudly presented by Kemin, Inspired Molecular Solutions!
  June 14, 2013 - InterMat
• 7-on-7 now an inescapable part of football culture
  TAMPA — A half-decade ago, Sean Callahan would have sooner burned his blocking sleds than engage in 7-on-7 competition in the summer. Back then, Armwood High’s football program had yet to transition from its triple option, which the Hawks had employed with speed and brute force to capture consecutive state titles. You didn’t train for that power-based offense with night after night of four-wide ...
  June 14, 2013 - St. Petersburg Times Home Team

Quotes

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• President Bush in Fort Wayne News Sentinel
  Syrians deserve a government whose legitimacy is grounded in the consent of the people, not brute force,the statement from President Bush said.
• Robert Mugabe in FOXNews
  Beware. Be vigilant in the face of the vicious machinations of Britain and its other allies,Mugabe said. "Yesterday they ruled by brute force. Today they have perfected their tactics to be more subtle. They are literally buying people to...
• Nick Dougherty in Telegraph.co.uk
  On the moment when he saw what Echenique had done Dougherty added: "I thought 'Oh my goodness'. The 18th has been an absolute brute for me this week and I'm delighted to get the job done."