Crossword clues for brute force
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 of nature.
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Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
A creature . . . not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason.
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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
--Macaulay.The influence of capital and mere brute labor.
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Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
A great brute farmer from Liddesdale.
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Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.]
brute force, The application of predominantly physical effort to achieve a goal that could be accomplished with less effort if more carefully considered. Figuratively, repetitive or strenuous application of an obvious or simple tactic, as contrasted with a more clever stratagem achieving the same goal with less effort; -- as, the first prime numbers were discovered by the brute force repetition of the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
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 found that provides a solution, in contrast to the implementation of a more intelligent algorithm. n. 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 found that provides a solution, in contrast to the implementation of a more intelligent algorithm.
Wikipedia
Brute force may refer to:
- Brute force method or proof by exhaustion, a method of mathematical proof
- Brute-force attack, a cryptanalytic attack
- Brute-force search, a computer problem-solving technique
In media and entertainment:
- Brute Force (1914 film), a short silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith
- Brute Force (1947 film), a film noir directed by Jules Dassin
- Brute Force (book), a 1990 book by the historian John Ellis
- Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard, a 2005 book by Matt Curtin
- Brute Force (musician) (born 1940), American singer and songwriter
- Brute Force (video game), a 2003 third-person shooter
- Brute Force (comics), a comic by Simon Furman
- Brute Force, a 2008 Nick Stone Missions novel by Andy McNab
- Brute Force (album), a 2016 record by the Algorithm
Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War (published 1990) is a book by historian John Ellis which concludes that the Allied Forces won World War II not by the skill of their leaders, war planners and commanders in the field, but by brute force (which he describes as advantages in firepower and logistics).
Ellis describes what he feels are poor decisions by the Allied High Command with regards to such things as employment of weapons systems or misuses of their overwhelming advantage in manpower. Among his criticisms are the use of armor in North Africa, the Soviet Union's use of manpower, wasteful bombing strategies (RAF Marshal Sir Arthur Harris' area bombing in particular), and the failure to target Japanese shipping lanes. He also points out the similarities between World War II generals like Bernard Law Montgomery and World War I generals like Douglas Haig (in particular, the cautious method both men used to plan battles). The book is noted for its extensive use of statistical background information.
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 the postwar period. The others were Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City.
Brute Force is a video game released for the Xbox by Microsoft in 2003. The game is a squad-based third-person shooter that uses four members of a team which fight in numerous battles. Each character on the team has their own strengths and weaknesses. The story is of a science-fiction setting where humans spread throughout the galaxy and tension arises with the threat of a hostile alien race that appears. The squad, Brute Force, is sent in to confront the enemy. Brute Force began as a PC game in 2000, but was soon after turned into a first-party title for the Xbox, following the buyout of Digital Anvil by Microsoft.
Brute Force [aka Primitive Man] (1914) is a short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Robert Harron and Mae Marsh. The film was shot in Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is a story of cavemen and dinosaurs, and perhaps the first live-action dinosaur film.
Brute Force is the third studio album by French guitarist Rémi Gallego under musical moniker The Algorithm. The album was released on April 1, 2016, and is the first to be released via FiXT Music.
Stephen Friedland (born September 29, 1940), known as Brute Force, is an American singer and songwriter. He wrote and performed with The Tokens in the 1960s and wrote songs for Peggy March, Del Shannon, The Chiffons and The Cyrkle, and others.
He wrote and recorded the LP I, Brute Force – Confections of Love for Columbia Records in 1967. One song on the album, "No Olympian Height", was covered by The Other Voices (produced by Ellie Greenwich and Mike Rashkow) and released on Atlantic Records in 1968. He also recorded and released the album Extemporaneous on BT Puppy Records in 1970. Original copies of this album are scarce and it is now a very collectible disc.
In July 1968 he and friend, Ben Schlossberg Jr., participated in an expedition to swim from Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska to Siberia, 50 miles across the Bering Strait. They made it halfway, stopping between Big Diomede and Little Diomede Islands.( Life Magazine, September 1968. The Scene/Wales, Alaska, Cold Swim From Here to Tuesday, by John Frook)
In 2010, Bar None Records reissued and released Brute Force's first solo album I, Brute Force – Confections of Love with bonus tracks not contained on the original 1967 vinyl edition. Brute Force's mind-busting single "The King of Fuh" was also included among songs by James Taylor, Badfinger, Mary Hopkin and others on Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records, released in October 2010.
Razor Films/Andrew Fuller producer has been in production of a documentary BRUTE FORCE about Friedland since 2010,( Ben Steinbauer, dir., Winnebago Man) with various screenings in the US and Europe.
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.