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brutal

 adjective
     
bru‧tal
1 very cruel and violent
brutal murder/attack/assault
a brutal attack on a defenceless old man
a brutal man
2 not pleasant and not sensitive to people's feelings:
He replied with brutal honesty.
—brutally adverb:
He was brutally murdered.
If I'm brutally honest, I don't like her dress.
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