brunt
noun/brʌnt/
Frequency rank: #11,459 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the main force or shock of something unpleasant or difficult
Example sentence
The coastal villages bore the brunt of the storm's devastating winds.
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