brute force

1. Also, brute strength. Savage violence, unreasoning strength, as in We hope that reason will triumph over brute force. Although this expression is also used literally to mean exceptional physical power, the figurative sense reflects the origin for brute, which comes from Latin brutus, for “heavy, stupid, unreasoning.” [First half of 1700s]

Example Sentences

They were using ropes & brute force to pull the obelisk along the dock until it was very close to The Dessoug.

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But, he added, “I don’t believe that you take this brute force, across-the-board approach to AI in the business.”

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But what betrays their inherent snowflake-ness is how much they cry about what they still don’t dominate and their continued use of brute force to try and subdue the slightest, well, slight.

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Nuclear weapons may seem like yesterday’s news in the world of cyberspace and artificial intelligence, but there is nothing like brute force to bring people back to reality.

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The self-dubbed “Russian Machine” got there with brute force and a singular focus that prioritized scoring above all else.

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