## Meanings
1. Extremely violent, vicious, or cruel.
2. Harsh and very unpleasant to deal with.
3. Honest in a way that is direct and does not soften the truth.

## Examples
- The attack was sudden and brutal.
- We worked under the brutal summer sun all day.
- I appreciated her brutal honesty about my mistakes.

## Derived Forms
- brutalisation
- brutalise
- brutalism
- brutalist
- brutalitarian
- brutalize
- brutalness
- nonbrutal
- overbrutal

## Related Forms
- brutality
- brutally
- brute
- brutish

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷreh₂-
- Root: brutalis
- Root: brūtus

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”).

## AI Etymology
Brutal is from Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”). Important recorded forms include *gʷreh₂- (Proto-Indo-European), brutalis (la-med), and brūtus (Latin). Current senses include extremely violent, vicious, or cruel, harsh and very unpleasant to deal with, and honest in a way that is direct and does not soften the truth. The wider family includes derived forms such as brutalisation, brutalise, brutalism, brutalist, and brutalitarian and related words such as brutality, brutally, brute, and brutish.

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