brutality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trait of extreme cruelty
    savagery; viciousness; ferociousness.
  2. noun a brutal barbarous savage act
    barbarism; savagery; barbarity.

WordNet

Bru*tal"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. brutalité.
Wordforms
plural Brutalities
Definitions
  1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.
  2. An inhuman act.
    The . . . brutalities exercised in war. Brougham.

Webster 1913