brutality

English

Noun

brutality (plural brutalities)

1. the state of being brutal
2. a cruel or savage act
3. the use of excessive physical force e.g. police brutality

Related terms

• atrocity

Translations

a state of being brutal

• Czech: brutalita (cs) f
• Dutch: wreedheid (nl)
• French: brutalité (fr) f
• German: Brutalität (de) f
• Greek: αγριότητα (el) (agriótita) f
• Luxembourgish: Brutalitéit (lb) f

• Russian: жестокость (ru) (žestókost’) m, зверство (ru) (zvérstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: брута́лно̄ст (sh) f

  Roman: brutálnōst (sh) f

• Spanish: brutalidad (es) f

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• Bulgarian: жестокост (bg) (žestokost) f, бруталност (bg) (brutalnost) f