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How to pronounce “brute

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Pronunciation guide for brute

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of brute with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVIDAfter brute-forcing my way through two very important performances,
Definition summary
Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]

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How to pronounce brute

How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVID

After brute-forcing my way through two very important performances,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “brute

Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]
  • Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.]
  • Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]
  • Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]
  • Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature.
  • Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
  • [Noun]
  • (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
  • A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]
  • (film, television) A kind of powerful spotlight.
  • (archaic, UK, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

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