Meaning of BRUNT
| Pronunciation: | | brunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack" |
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| | See Also: | | force, forcefulness, strength | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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