Brutality or brutal most commonly refers to:
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Violence
Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened ...
, physical force unlawfully exercised toward property and/or persons
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Battery (crime)
Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.
Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer to ...
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Police brutality
Brutality or brutal may also refer to:
Media
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Brutal: Paws of Fury'', a 1994 video game
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''Brutality'' (film), a 1912 film
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''Brutal'' (Black Uhuru album), 1986
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''Brutal'' (Dr. Sin album), 1995
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"Brutal" (song), a 2021 Olivia Rodrigo song
Other uses
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Brutality (''Mortal Kombat''), a finishing move in the video game ''Mortal Kombat''
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Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the ba ...
, an architectural style
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