brutal
adjective/ˈbruːtəl/
Frequency rank: #3,683 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Extremely violent, harsh, or cruel.
Example sentence
The storm was so fierce that it was almost brutal in its intensity.
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