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noun the trait of extreme cruelty
noun a brutal barbarous savage act
originEtymology tree English brutal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English brutality From brutal + -ity.
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