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[ME. bruschet, And in that ilke bru chet by, Five you sand of othre and more. MS . Ashmole , 33, fol. 10. ( Hall i well .) We are sorry to hear that the Scottish gentleman found but a brusk welcome. Wotton, Reliquiæ, p. 582. =Syn. See abrupt. brusk2 (brúsk), a. [Cf. ML. bruscatus, of a bronze color, pp. of brus care, bruxare, scorch, burn.] In her., tawny. bruskne , brusquene (brúsk'nes), n. [ IMG:content-2661.png:[blocks in formation] ing: as, brutal pa ions; brutal manners. Brutal alike in deed and word, With callous heart and hand of strife, How like a fiend may man be made! Whittier, Mogg Megone, iii. 3. Rude; harsh; coarse; crude. [Rare.] The human eye and mind together integrate, so to speak, the impre ions of many separate and selected moments into one general view, while the camera can only give a brutal copy of an unselected state of things, with all its atmospheric and other imperfections. IMG:content-2662.png:[blocks in formation] brutality brutality (brö-tal'i-ti), n.; pl. brutalities (-tiz). [= F. brutal ité, It is to be noted that the unredeemed brutality implied by the stories of the earlier gods is in the stories of the later considerably mitigated. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 107. 2. A savage, shamele , or inhuman act. The mere brutalities exercised in war by enraged conquerors are perhaps to be laid out of view in estimating the practical effects of despotism. Brougham , = Syn. 1. Barbarity, ferocity, truculence. brutalization (brö"tal-i-za's hon), n. [ bru talize : see -ation .] The act of brutalizing, or the state of being brutalized. Also spelled brutalisation. Scruples of conscience respecting the rectitude of their cause would paralyze officers and soldiers. So that a certain brutalization has to be maintained during our pa ing phase of civilization. H. Spencer , Study of Sociol., p. 190. brutalize (bröʻtal-iz), v.; pret. and pp. brutal ized, ppr. brutalizing . [F. brutal i ser , bru tal : see brutal.] I. trans. To make brutal, coarse, gro , or inhuman; lower to the level of a brute. Strange! that a creature rational, and cast In human mould, should brutalize by choice His nature. Cowper , Task, i. Degraded and brutalized by a long course of oppre ive misgovernment. Whately. IMG:content-2663.png:[blocks in formation] Also spelled brutalise . brutally (bröʻtal-i), adv. In a brutal manner; cruelly; inhumanly; in a coarse, gro , or unfeeling manner. Brutally repulsed by the attending lictors. Goldsmith, Alcander and Septimius.