brutal

/ˈbɹuːtəl/adjective

Extremely violent or cruel, with no mercy.

Example sentence

“The documentary described the brutal conditions in the old prison.”

Informal English has softened it into an intensifier: a brutal schedule, brutally honest. The violence sense is still primary in news writing.

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