1. noun /bruːt/
a) An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; especially a quadruped; a beast.
One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."
b) A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
2. adjective /bruːt/
a) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
b) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
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