Vocabulary
Brutality
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
savage physical violence; great cruelty.
Urdu meaning
بربریت، وحشیانہ، بے رحمی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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ATRIARCHAL brutality, perpetrated by society and families, remains rampant in the country.
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Savage `honour`
— 2026-04-18
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And history will record with unforgiving clarity not just the brutality of those who carried out these acts, but also the indifference of those who turned a blind eye.
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The most vulnerable
— 2026-03-30
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Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, presides over a machinery of brutality that the world`s silence sustains.
Dawn Editorials —
International silence
— 2026-03-25
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Pakistan has been suffering from the brutality of TTP violence for nearly two decades.
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Extra-regional threat
— 2026-02-12
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That single act of brutality shattered the illusion of permanence the regime had carefully crafted.
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Refusing to inherit failure
— 2025-11-29
Synonyms
savagery, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, viciousness, ferocity, barbarity, wickedness,
Antonyms
gentleness, kindness
Curator example
“brutality against civilians”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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