- 1. v. t. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. The force of a blow; shock; collision. Source: opted
- 3. n. main force of a blow etc Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle. 2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of cannon ball." Hudibras. It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. I. Taylor. Source: webster
- 5. n:100 n. main force of a blow etc Source: ecdict
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