About The Word Brunt
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Brunt
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What's The Definition Of Brunt?
[n] main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Brunt: Related Terms | Find terms related to Brunt: appulse | bulldozing | bulling | bump | burden | cannon | carambole | carom | clash | collision | concussion | crack-up | crash | crump | crunch | encounter | full force | hammering | impact | impingement | mauling | meeting | onslaught | onus | percussion | ramming | shock | sideswipe | sledgehammering | smash | smashing | smash-up | stress | thrusting | violence | weight | whomp See Also | force | forcefulness | strength Brunt In Webster's Dictionary \Brunt\ (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna
to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. {Burn}, v. t.]
1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or
greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a
battle.
2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. ``And heavy brunt
of cannon ball.'' --Hudibras.
It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our
first brunt with some real affair of common life.
--I. Taylor.
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