Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The main impact or force, as of an attack.
- noun The main burden.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sudden shock or impetus; a collision, onset, or attack; a strenuous effort.
- noun The heat or utmost violence of an onset; the strength or violence of any contention.
- A dialectal form of
burnt . - To make a sudden start.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention.
- noun The force of a blow; shock; collision.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The full adverse effects of; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
- noun The major part of; the
bulk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun main force of a blow etc
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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But Vivendi will have to shoulder the short-term brunt of the acquisition -- which comes on top of the €2.2 billion it will pay out as part of the Activision deal.
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So, the brunt is that the apologists are clinging to the argument that the president can declare a war and then has carte blanche to do as he pleases in the name of this war without any oversight at all.
Think Progress » Cheney: If You Don’t Support Everything I Do, You Aren’t Serious About Terrorism 2005
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The main brunt falls on the Army and the Civil Police, but I would make it clear that without the assistance of the Air Force, operations in Malaya would be very much more difficult.
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But by the truth of my Faith, thy fighting irketh and fatigueth me and I am weary of cutting and thrusting with thee; and if thou purpose to lay on load with me to night, thou wouldst not change aught of thy harness nor thy horse, till thou approve to the cavaliers, thy generous blood and skill in brunt.
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The helmet that bore the brunt was a lightweight, carbon-reinforced
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The helmet that bore the brunt was a lightweight, carbon-reinforced
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The helmet that bore the brunt was a lightweight, carbon-reinforced
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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And the most recent consumer can call the brunt of joy, when the N900 Nokia.
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And the most recent consumer can call the brunt of joy, when the N900 Nokia.
www.hardwarezone.com.sg alinashi 2009
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"The effect was to front-load earnings only to have back-ended costs, the brunt which is getting felt today," he writes.
reesetee commented on the word brunt
Sionnach, would this qualify as one of your amber words?
November 20, 2007