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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
brunt
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 metal necklace he was wearing had taken the full brunt of the lightning flash.
▪ After her death they certainly took the full brunt, Silvio in particular.
▪ Webs of bilateral deals protect them from the full brunt of competition.
▪ When she reached the summit, she was into the full brunt of the gale-force wind.
▪ The doctor took the full brunt of Moran's resentment.
▪ Carewscourt, standing on its hill high above the surrounding countryside, took the full brunt of it.
■ VERB
bear
▪ A recent report showed how older workers bear the brunt of economic recession.
▪ It will bear the brunt of the estimated $ 1 billion cost for the changes on Okinawa.
▪ Southern California, where the banks had the most overlap, will bear the brunt of the cuts.
▪ Millions of carers argue that they bear the brunt of the job ... without recognition, or proper payment.
▪ Retailers are in the immediate line of fire and were first to bear the brunt of cost cutting.
▪ The survey bore out recent observations that smaller companies were bearing the brunt of bad debts and late payment.
▪ And it is I, not you, who must bear the brunt of it.
borne
▪ While Britain has borne the brunt of the economic crisis, Northern Ireland has been cushioned from the worst effects.
▪ The south has borne the brunt of the recession.
▪ So far, women have borne the brunt of the responsibility for birth control.
▪ The indigenous community has borne the brunt of the costs of regeneration but has enjoyed few of its rewards.
▪ It has been a hard battle and you have borne the brunt of it.
take
▪ As I found out later, a metal necklace he was wearing had taken the full brunt of the lightning flash.
▪ After her death they certainly took the full brunt, Silvio in particular.
▪ Her hands, which she threw up to protect her face took the brunt of the injury.
▪ The front of the car, and those in it, took the brunt of the impact.
▪ That poor innocent little child has taken the brunt of everything.
▪ They had taken the brunt of battle during the war against Chaos and yet they were reviled by their fellows.
▪ The doctor took the full brunt of Moran's resentment.
▪ Carewscourt, standing on its hill high above the surrounding countryside, took the full brunt of it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A recent report showed how older workers bear the brunt of economic recession.
▪ He thought that the garrison of Richmond ought now to bear the brunt of the fighting.
▪ Her hands, which she threw up to protect her face took the brunt of the injury.
▪ In previous downturns, blue-collar manufacturing workers bore the brunt of job losses.
▪ It will bear the brunt of the estimated $ 1 billion cost for the changes on Okinawa.
▪ Retailers are in the immediate line of fire and were first to bear the brunt of cost cutting.
▪ Southern California, where the banks had the most overlap, will bear the brunt of the cuts.
▪ The depot is bearing the brunt of a package of cost cutting measures across three sites.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brunt

Brunt \Brunt\ (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.]

  1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.

  2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. ``And heavy brunt of cannon ball.''
    --Hudibras.

    It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life.
    --I. Taylor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
brunt

early 14c., "a sharp blow," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse brundr "sexual heat," or bruna "to advance like wildfire." Meaning "chief force" is first attested 1570s.

Wiktionary
brunt

n. 1 The full adverse effects of; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. 2 The major part of; the bulk.

WordNet
brunt

n. main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"

Wikipedia
Brunt

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 Cross
    • John Brunt V.C. (public house), the pub that bears his name
  • Katherine Brunt, English cricketer and 2006 England women's Cricketer of the Year
  • Martin Brunt, crime correspondent for Sky News
  • Maureen Brunt, American Olympic curler
  • Peter Brunt, ancient historian at Oxford University
  • Stephen Brunt, Canadian sports journalist
  • Van Brunt House, historic home in Miccosukee, Florida

Fictional characters:

  • Abraham "Brom" van Brunt, fictional character in Washington Irving's short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Liquidator Brunt, character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • Brunt, remote-controlled drone of the Transformer Trypticon

Other:

  • The 2015 Hollywood film Burnt_(film)

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.