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

Brute force is not only Republicans’ own policy.

From Slate

Unlike LIV Golf, which it has been frequently compared to, R360 does not have the brute force of Saudi Arabian state money behind it.

From BBC

In high school, Raymond could afford to get by with brute force.

From Los Angeles Times

At bottom, it was an encounter of compounded unconstitutionality: a seizure without cause, a retaliatory command, and then brute force deployed as consequence for asserting a right.

From Slate

Presenting “The Americana Revolution” feels timely – urgent, even – owing to this administration’s brute force efforts to revise America’s history and laws in ways that would have made the nation’s founders recoil.

From Salon

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