brutal

spoke with brutal honesty.

the brutal morning light.

a brutal and murderous despot.

a brutal winter in the Arctic.

Murder is a brutal crime.

the brutal honesty of his observations.

a capricious and often brutal administration.

the brutal regime of forced labour.

the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker.

She has to face the brutal reality.

the most brutal chapter of the expulsion of Jews from Berlin.

The brutal soldiers beat their prisoners ruthlessly.

He was known for running a brutal extortion racket.

weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate.

This issue was not faced in its brutal realism by General Gamelin.

I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.

They’re brutal people behind their civilised veneer.

these weren't namby-pamby fights, but brutal affairs where heads hit the sidewalk.