Meaning & use
brutal
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Extremely harsh, violent, or cruel; also used informally to mean very severe or difficult.
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The soldiers described the brutal conditions they endured during the siege.
That exam was brutal; almost no one finished in time.
A note on using this word
Ranges from describing literal violence to informally describing anything unpleasantly intense, like weather or a workout.
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