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brute

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1. brute - Noun

2. brute - Adjective

3. brute - Verb

4. brute - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.

Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.

Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.

An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.

To report; to bruit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay

When in doubt, use brute force. Ken Thompson

The man that blushes is not quite a brute. Edward Young

A solitary man is either a brute or an angel. Italian Proverb

Brute strength is not the most important asset in a fight. Klingon Proverb

A gaunt brute bites sore. French Proverb

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