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Common collocations with brutality in American Collocation

brutality noun uncountable

US /bruˈtæləti/

very bad

appalling
extreme
sheer
utter

Discipline is often only held together by extreme brutality.

done without thinking

casual

It’s a story about the casual brutality to children that often occurs in such places.

types of brutality

military
physical
police
state

The Committee have found no evidence of physical brutality.

Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of the country.

act
allegation
evidence
example
level
victim

Both units were involved in acts of extreme brutality against civilians.

corruption
cruelty
injustice
oppression
repression
violence

She was one of more than a million who stood up to defy corruption and brutality.