brute
1. [ noun ] a cruelly rapacious person
Synonyms: beast wildcat savage wolf
Related terms: attacker savage
2. [ adjective ] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Synonyms: bestial brutish beastly
Examples:

"beastly desires" "a bestial nature" "brute force" "a dull and brutish man" "bestial treatment of prisoners"

Related terms: inhumane
3. [ noun ] (zoology) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Synonyms: animal creature beast fauna animate_being
Related terms: life_form game female young male larva giant adult prey mate pet survivor domestic_animal captive mutant racer dead_animal vermin fictional_animal range_animal acrodont pleurodont insectivore molter chordate stayer scavenger creepy-crawly marine_animal ectotherm peeper critter zooplankton omnivore invertebrate metazoan herbivore predator work_animal varmint thoroughbred biped migrator stunt embryo darter Animalia head face animal_tissue body side adult microorganism trap free-swimming wart unregistered clipped humaneness herding registered nose diet actinomycete domesticate trailing sitter transmitter schistosome_dermatitis hispid sacrifice flesh-eating domesticate crested crop plant-eating epizootic insectivorous bone-covered half-blooded stander drench all-devouring bone animalize
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