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BRUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brunt mean?
• BRUNT (noun)
The noun BRUNT has 1 sense:
1. main force of a blow etc
Familiarity information: BRUNT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Main force of a blow etc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
bore the brunt of the attack
Hypernyms ("brunt" is a kind of...):
force; forcefulness; strength (physical energy or intensity)
Context examples
Because our equator bears the brunt of this sunshine, warm moist air rises (through convection) more freely there, which fuels towering thunderstorms that produce lightning.
(Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning, NASA)
Farmers rarely bear the brunt of the damage, which mainly affects fishing fleets and coastal areas.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Whatever might be its effect, however, she must stand the brunt of it again that very day.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It is the very last thing I would stand the brunt of just now.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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