Synonyms for brutality
bruˈtæl ɪ tibru·tal·i·ty

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1. brutality

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Antonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness

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1. ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagerynoun

   the trait of extreme cruelty

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, savagery, barbarism, savageness, viciousness, ferociousness

2. brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagerynoun

   a brutal barbarous savage act

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, savageness, viciousness, barbarism, heinousness, barbarity, savagery, ferociousness

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1. • Atrocity

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1. brutalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart

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1. brutalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   inhumanity, cruelty, truculence

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1. List of paraphrases for "brutality":

   cruelty, barbarity, savagery, bestiality, savage, barbarism, barbaric, abuse, bullying, brutal, violence, molestation

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1. Robert Mitchell:

   I think the police have to do what they have to do. If you're not committing crimes, then you don't have to worry about being abused or brutality coming at you.

2. Donald Trump:

   Today, the nations of Britain, France, and the United States of America have marshaled their righteous power against barbarism and brutality.

3. Shehu Sani:

   Nigeria has not learned its lessons, this was how Boko Haram started, with the extra-judicial killing of their leader in 2009. What happened in Zaria was nothing but an act of brutality by the Nigerian military.

4. Paul Callan:

   I believe that the existence of cell phone video and social media postings has substantially reduced police brutality over the long run. Although the intensity of news coverage of cases such as [George] Zimmerman and Michael Brown makes it feel like there is more police brutality, my sense of the situation as a lawyer who is in court several times a week is that the number of cases is diminishing.

5. Jose Miguel Vivanco:

   We are deeply concerned by the images of instances of police brutality coming out of Chile, president Sebastian Pinera should make clear to Chilean security forces that they need to respect human rights and ensure that agents implicated in abuses are promptly and impartially investigated.