Noun: brutality broo'ta-li-tee
- The trait of extreme cruelty
"The brutality of the attack left the victims traumatized";
- ferociousness, viciousness, savagery
- A barbarous, cruel, or savage act
"the people slowly progressed from brutality to civilization";
- barbarity, barbarism, savagery
Derived forms: brutalities
Type of: atrocity, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, inhumanity
Encyclopedia: Brutality, Religion and a Dance Beat