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Main impact of an attack
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brunt
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bear the brunt of sth (= be in the worst position and have to deal with it ) ▪ Shareholders will bear the brunt of the company’s financial troubles. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE full ▪ As I found out later, a ...
Wikipedia
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Brunt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Brunt , West Bromwich Albion football player David Brunt , British meteorologist Dominic Brunt , English actor John Brunt , soldier in World War II who was posthumously awarded the Victoria ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brunt \Brunt\ (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn , v. t.] The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle. The force of a blow; ...
Usage examples of brunt.
Steadfast, dart nocked in her atlatl, she crunched up the slope, into the brunt of the wind.
We then supped, and the real orgy began, in which la Riviere bore the brunt in a manner that was simply astonishing.
Her complexion took the brunt of that brilliance and revealed not a single blemish or flaw.
As first responders, they were the most likely to feel the brunt of any terrorism to hit the city again - and by now Ronnie Bucca was sure that there would be more.
He was used to moving through caves freely, leading and carrying minimal weight, while the powerful Le Cagot bore the brunt of their gear.
He and Keak must have simply ridden on, leaving the rest to bear the brunt of things.
Denoriel had borne the brunt of that attack, which was clearly aimed at the boy, but Nyle, Gerrit, Dickson, and Shaylor had given a good account of themselves and put six beyond doing any harm.
Bill Brunt, the wheeler-dealer lawyer from Hanover, Ontario, and Allister Grosart, the big-city pitchman from Toronto.
Fortunately Ethan and Skua stood off to the side and so missed the brunt of the artificial gale.
Even though he had been following the orders of his superior, even though Kim Jong Il himself had turned over use of his jet to the two smugglers, Rim Kun Soe had borne the brunt of the punishment.
Caught the brunt of a scratching battle after insulting that spinster dressmaker on Threa nee le Street.
Robb Brindle, who had demonstrated effective teamwork with Tasia, was assigned as her first officer, given full command of the Remora squadrons that would bear the brunt of space combat should the hydrogues appear.
Verres had put the militia on alert and stationed them around Pelorus, conserving his Roman troops for whatever shape a campaign might assume, and sure that Crassus would arrive hard on the heels of the Spartacani to take the brunt of the action.
De Rais thrust her behind him, taking the brunt of the missiles upon his excellent armor.
It was not a malady reserved for the anarchs and unestablished, though they seemed to have borne the brunt of it initially.