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    brute
    [bro͞ot]
    noun
    brute (noun) · brutes (plural noun)
    1. a savagely violent person or animal:
      "he was a cold-blooded brute" · "the dog, an ugly and vicious-looking brute, dragged at its handler's leash"
      • derogatory
        a cruel or insensitive person:
        "what an unfeeling little brute you are"
      • something awkward, difficult, or unpleasant:
        "a great brute of a machine"
    2. an animal as opposed to a human being:
      "we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses"
    adjective
    brute (adjective)
    1. characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence:
      "a brute struggle for social superiority"
      • merely physical:
        "we achieve little by brute force"
      • fundamental, inescapable, and unpleasant:
        "the brute necessities of basic subsistence"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus ‘dull, stupid’.
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