over-brutal

Those whose crimes were "over-brutal" or "horrendous" would battle to convince the committee they qualified for amnesty.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

And again, Catullus and Calvus had been over-brutal in their attacks upon Julius Caesar, a character lifted to the high heavens by the war and the martyrdom that followed.

Vergil Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939 1922

Nor did they indulge in over-brutal handling; they kept a measure and reminded him sufficiently of old England's own highwaymen.

Foes Mary Johnston 1903

But over-eager, over-brutal, he harried the sullen, splendid slave till in mid-race -- just when in a way to win -- it turned at a cruel blow, and Rol took refuge under the upturned sled until it had vented its rage against the wood; and so he lost the race, and the winner was the young White Storbuk.

Animal Heroes Ernest Thompson Seton 1903