Dic: brutal

• He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
• the brutal suppression of anti-government protests.

1. ADJ △A brutal act or person is cruel and violent. (=vicious, savage)

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• It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty.
• He took an anguished breath. He had to be brutal and say it.
• With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.
• Let me be brutally frank about this.

2. ADJ △If someone expresses something unpleasant with brutal honesty or frankness, they express it in a clear and accurate way, without attempting to disguise its unpleasantness.
2. △direct and clear about something unpleasant; not thinking of people's feelings
2. △Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech. 4. △Disagreeably precise or penetrating.

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• The dip in prices this summer will be brutal. 
• The 20th century brought brutal change to some countries.
• a brutal winter in the Arctic.

3. ADJ △Brutal is used to describe things that have an unpleasant effect on people, especially when there is no attempt by anyone to reduce their effect.
3. △Harsh; unrelenting. 
3. △harsh; severe; extreme

..... Cobuild, OALD, The American Heritage, Collins English