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. 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.

2. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

3. Aaron Sagers of Blastr.com:

   ' Marvel's Daredevil' was a large step forward with its street-level storytelling, gritty violence, and heretofore unseen brutality( in the Marvel universe), but' Jessica Jones' raises the bar even higher and will be regarded as the best thing Marvel has done.

4. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy:

   The alleged police brutality in this case cannot and will not be tolerated.

5. Amnesty International deputy director:

   For refugees fleeing from terrifying conflict zones to be met by such an intimidating show of militarized force is shocking, and a woefully irresponsible response to people already traumatized by war and brutality, this 'raise the drawbridge' mentality will simply redirect, but not put an end to, desperate and dangerous journeys.