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Definition of Brunt
1. Noun. Main force of a blow etc. "Bore the brunt of the attack"
Definition of Brunt
1. n. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.
Definition of Brunt
1. Noun. The full adverse effects of; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. ¹
2. Noun. The major part of; the bulk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brunt
1. the main impact [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brunt
Literary usage of Brunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"brunt came back, and was told that some of those present wished to know what thev
were ... brunt replied, that they should go along with him to the room in ..."
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