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, brutality, barbarism, savageness, viciousness, ferociousness

2. brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagerynoun

   a brutal barbarous savage act

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, savageness, viciousness, barbarism, brutality, 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. Billy Murphy:

   We are tired of the words. We want to see action, we want to see fair compensation for victims of police brutality, we want to see a fair response and an impartial investigation not cops investigating themselves.

2. Derek Newman:

   The Constitution doesn’t allow the government to regulate the content of speech because the government disagrees with it, if the First Amendment was so limited, NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality would not be protected expression because the president interprets this as anti-American sentiment.

3. David Stamps:

   Breonna Taylor, like Sandra Bland and other Black women, are often relegated to the back row as the emphasis is typically placed on the systemic racism and brutality that Black men face, this is why Breonna Taylor is an icon. Sandra Bland reminds us that we need to #SayHerName and that all Black life matters.

4. Clinton Jordan:

   You know in this neighborhood you've seen a lot of police brutality to the point where we're just fed up.

5. Muhammadu Buhari:

   Nobody in Nigeria should be put through the brutality of forced marriage, every girl has a right to education and their choice of life, amina must be able to go back to school.