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brute force

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brute Force is a 1947 film noir directed by Jules Dassin , from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels . It stars Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford . This was among several noir films made by Dassin during ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 A method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of mechanical aids or thought. 2 (context computer science English) A method of computation wherein all permutations of a problem are tried manually until one is ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brute \Brute\, a. [F. brut, nasc., brute, fem., raw, rough, rude, brutish, L. brutus stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp. bruto.] Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers ...

Usage examples of brute force.

We did sometimes come across animals that no amount of persuasion or brute force would get them up a ramp into a horsebox.

Jacen, seeing their chance slipping away, reached out with his mind and yanked at the weapon with mental brute force.

But such a society can achieve nothing save the rule of brute force and a state of progressive self-destruction.

A few of them liked to throw their weight around, and decided to steal as much as they could by brute force.

In former years they had marched rough shod over enormous areas, taking toll by brute force even when kindliness or diplomacy would have accomplished more.

I agree that this is all becoming most mysterious, but I think crafty investigation might serve better than brute force to get to the bottom of it.

The explanation was soon furnished, in the superiority of mind over simple brute force.

I suppose they feel real power for once in their wretched lives - not the power to kill, they know all about that, it's just brute force against a body - but the greater power to destroy a creation of the mind, something they know they could never make.

If he were to more than hold his own, he must avoid a direct blow of the other's shoulder-of-mutton fist, and trust to science and agility to counteract the fellow's super abundant reserve of brute force.