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- overbrutality noun
Etymology
Origin of brutality
Example Sentences
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Like Marge, they refute brutality and rally against it.
From Salon
Paradoxically, at virtually the same time, the many stage adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which dramatized, or melodramatized, the brutality of slavery, were an enduring sensation.
In Macron's remarks, he said he preferred "respect to bullies" and the "rule of law to brutality".
From BBC
He said France, and Europe at-large, will not “passively accept the law of the strongest,” and “We do prefer respect to bullies and we do prefer rule of law to brutality.”
From Salon
But if you admire DaCosta’s brutality, please do watch “Hedda,” her take on Henrik Ibsen, which is getting a current Oscar push.
From Los Angeles Times
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