sheer brutality

Frequency: 6.26.4 per million words

Emphasizes the absolute and unmitigated nature of the cruelty.

brutalityADJECTIVE + NOUN

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sheer

Examples (10)

  • The witness described the sheer brutality of the attack on the village.
  • The police were shocked by the sheer brutality of the crime.
  • Historians are still trying to comprehend the sheer brutality of the regime.
  • We were unprepared for the sheer brutality of the winter storm.
  • The sheer brutality of his words left her speechless.
  • The book exposes the sheer brutality of the slave trade.
  • It was the sheer brutality of the act that horrified the public the most.
  • What distinguished this conflict was the sheer brutality inflicted upon civilians.
  • How could anyone be capable of such sheer brutality?
  • The documentary captured the sheer brutality of life in the labor camp.